Re:Nobel Prize-winning economist joins blockchain startup to...
by hoonose on Thursday August 02, 2018 @02:37PM
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Yes. The closest thing to the Nobel Prize in computing is the Turing Award, which is indeed funded by Google.
Re:Nobel Prize-winning economist joins blockchain startup to...
by dsr_ on Thursday August 02, 2018 @03:54PM
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Although it is not Google who decides on who wins, and the Award would still be reputationally valuable if there were no money attached to it.
Re:Nobel Prize-winning economist joins blockchain startup to...
by fwn on Thursday August 02, 2018 @02:30PM
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Funding rarely determines process or outcome.
It's a common argument, but unworldly, given that there are huge amounts of largely autonomous institutions that rely on single donors, may it be public or private money.
Re:Nobel Prize-winning economist joins blockchain startup to...
by jonhendry18 on Friday August 03, 2018 @12:35AM
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"Would you trust a Nobel prize in computing funded by Google?"
Would you trust a Nobel Peace Prize funded by an arms merchant?
Would you trust a Nobel prize in computing funded by Google?