Monday, October 24, 2016

No One Bids for John Nash Nobel Prize

John Nash received a Nobel Prize in economics for his work in game theory.

It was estimated by the auction house Sotheby's that the medal would go for between $2.5 million and $4 million.

No one bid for the medal.

What a spectacular way to witness disrespect of a theory that I view as having little practical value.


(And his theory about which women to pick up in a group, as portrayed in the film A Beautiful Mind, was all wrong.)

 -RW

4 comments:

  1. What is the medal made out of? It should have some scrap value.

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    1. Up to 1980 they were 23 carat gold. Then they were debased to 18 carat gold with silver and maybe nickel and then plated with 24 carat gold.

      Kind of a metaphor for the overall debasement of the Nobel Prize considering some of the nuts who get the prize.

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  2. Could Bob Dylan's silence since he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature be insight into what Nobel Prizes are really worth?

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