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Re:Disproved Discoveries That Won Nobel Prizes (2015) by dragonwriter on Saturday November 30, 2019 @05:30AM (#21669401)
> Do you talk about war criminals being awarded the Nobel peace prize or about Nobel peace prize laureates turning into war criminals?

For the former, Henry Kissinger.

There are examples of the latter, as well.

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Re:Disproved Discoveries That Won Nobel Prizes (2015) by thundergolfer on Saturday November 30, 2019 @06:13AM (#21669487)
Holy hell, Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize?! I'm was familiar enough with him to know he's disgustingly immoral, and never imagined people back then would have been stupid enough to give him that award.

With 2 members of the committee resigning in protest, it seems not everyone with power to award it was so morally corrupt.

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Re:Disproved Discoveries That Won Nobel Prizes (2015) by croisillon on Saturday November 30, 2019 @07:52AM (#21669746)
Gorbatschow sent tanks on civilians in Vilnius just one month after being awarded the Peace Nobel
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