List of Unsolved Scientific Problems with Large Monetary Prizes

Re:List of Unsolved Scientific Problems with Large Monetary ... by viggity on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @08:36AM (#9538419)

I was surprised with that entry too, however not because of the specifics (UK exit from EU, which I happen to agree with), but rather that it is the only prize with some sort of political outcome. All of the other prizes have some basis in math, science and technology with well defined criteria for winning. A political outcome is almost by definition subjective.

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Re:List of Unsolved Scientific Problems with Large Monetary ... by kitd on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @11:43AM (#9539784)

The remit is here (PDF): http://www.iea.org.uk/sites/default/files/Info%20flyer%20for...

The competition wasn't really about whether the UK should go or not, which is the main political part. Rather, the starting point is that a referendum has decided "go", and the competition was to find the best way of extricating the UK from existing institutions/agreements, what should replace them, and how.

However, the remit is very unclear on the criteria used to judge entries.

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