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2003 MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Winners Announced

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 5, 2003 @11:49AM from the shoulda-thoughta-that dept.

ccnull writes "This year's list of 24 MacArthur Fellows has been released. Each winner of the so-called 'Genius Grant' receives $500,000, no strings attached. 2003's winners include a blacksmith, a biomedical engineer, a computation geometer, a biophysicist, a nurse, and a short story writer 'crafting witty, experimental prose.'"

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Re:How about... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-05 12:28 · Score: 5, Insightful

Private parties should give money to whoever they want w/o idjits like you saying "what about the children......what about Africa......what about the poor"
Give YOUR money to whoever the fuck you want to and stop telling other people how to spend theirs!