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Re:John Hopfield and Geoff Hinton Win Physics Nobel Prize [pdf] by drpossum on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @06:13AM (#41775615)
Then it should be awarded for the result.

Given the line of reasoning this has now opened up Alan Turing should be awarded one posthumously in every field.

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Re:John Hopfield and Geoff Hinton Win Physics Nobel Prize [pdf] by eigenket on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @06:28AM (#41775743)
He unironically should
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Re:John Hopfield and Geoff Hinton Win Physics Nobel Prize [pdf] by volkadav on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @06:46AM (#41775870)
100% agreed as I can't think of any one individual since(1) who has done as much for all of science and engineering as he ultimately did; alas, they are not awarded posthumously.

(1) Newton would be a strong contender on a "for all time" basis, but even he would've probably needed to share it with Leibniz, which would have driven him absolutely ~b o n k e r s~, like wet hornet in a hot outhouse mad, LOL.

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Re:John Hopfield and Geoff Hinton Win Physics Nobel Prize [pdf] by eigenket on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @01:19PM (#41779577)
von Neumann probably
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Re:John Hopfield and Geoff Hinton Win Physics Nobel Prize [pdf] by mr_toad on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @09:04PM (#41783448)
> probably needed to share it with Leibniz

For Physics?

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