Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to 3 Evolutionary Scientists

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Post by pg_bot » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 10:37 AM UTC

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to 3 Evolutionary Scientists
nytimes.com

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Post by Numberwang » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 1:33 PM UTC

Evolution? That has not even been proven yet.

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Post by simion314 » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 1:45 PM UTC

Numberwang wrote: post #2

Evolution? That has not even been proven yet.

Sure it was, biology,chemistry,geology and different other sciences found enough evidence for this theory. IF this theory is wrong the correct one still needs to account for the found evidence.

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Post by qubax » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 1:52 PM UTC

Could've just linked to the actual source.

https://www.nobelprize.org

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2018/press-relea...

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Post by dannykwells » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 1:53 PM UTC

Very excited about this Nobel - it recognizes a practical but extremely useful set of tools that are the backbone of modern therapeutic development, on one hand (phage display) and have proven immensely useful to improving protein design and engineering, on the other.

It's also great to see improved representation from the Nobels this year: female winners in both chemistry and physics (where there have been respectively, 5 and 4 previous winners, TOTAL, since the prize began) and for both cases, (some) winners without "glamorous" science careers at rich private universities with massive labs, high profiles, TED talks, etc.. Just great scientists, doing their jobs. Hopefully more to come like these in the coming years.

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Post by fifnir » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 1:54 PM UTC

Numberwang wrote: post #2

Evolution? That has not even been proven yet.

Neither has gravity, I suggest you exit your office from the window

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Post by wglb » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:03 PM UTC

fifnir wrote: post #6

Numberwang wrote: post #2

Evolution? That has not even been proven yet.

Neither has gravity, I suggest you exit your office from the window

This comment is not in line with the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Post by fifnir » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:10 PM UTC

wglb wrote: post #7

fifnir wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Neither has gravity, I suggest you exit your office from the window

This comment is not in line with the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

It's definitely inciting, but so is spewing anti-scientific and ignorant one-liners

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Post by euparkeria » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:17 PM UTC

Numberwang wrote: post #2

Evolution? That has not even been proven yet.

Low quality bait.

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Post by elbracitosNIR » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:33 PM UTC

Unfortunately one woman was awarded. Seems that feminist pressure is infecting this as well.