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Re:Oded Wins the Knuth Prize by greeneggs on Thursday June 22, 2017 @11:02PM (#14616863)
Why? He argues that other people shouldn't get awards, but he's willing to take them himself? Honestly, I don't get it. His stance does real harm to young theorists, especially those doing cross-disciplinary research.

But I think this is a minor issue, and don't want to take away from the bigger point, which is the award that he very much deserves.

Re:Oded Wins the Knuth Prize by detaro on Thursday June 22, 2017 @11:07PM (#14616875)
I think there is a difference between arguing "there shouldn't be as many awards" and being negative about people receiving them. Has he demanded/argued for other people to decline their awards before?