October 19, 2009

Rewarding Unworthy Others


This applies to many more awards. In the book Ether Day by Julie M. Fenster, she describes how the three men who discovered the use of ether as an anesthetic got no rewards and no awards. Society forgot their great contribution altogether.

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/the-case-against-awards?page=0,0

The Case Against Awards
Why the wrong person always wins.
Jonathan Chait
October 16, 2009 | 12:00 am

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