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		1ris on Oct 3, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Absurdity of Nobel Prizes in Science It's supposed to be political, that's the point. I like both the EU and Obama, but don't think they deserve them.

2muchcoffeeman on Oct 3, 2017 [–]

I think that's part of the point though. Politics is the way by which you achieve peace. So the Peace prize is also a political tool. "We're giving you this prize and now you have to live up to it.".

QAPereo on Oct 3, 2017 | [–]

Hopefully the drone programs under president Obama disabused them of that particularly odious and arrogant fallacy.

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