The (original) purpose of Nobel Prize was to encourage young gifted scientists, to give them recognition necessary to get funding for research. Obviously now it's just a sort of a medal for past achievement and adds absolutely nothing to science TODAY.
" Environics polled just over 1,000 Canadians aged 18 or over by telephone, and another 1,043 Canadians on-line in May, 2005."
Let me get this straight: not only do these statistically challenged morons insult me by making a broad generalization because of something I do legally (downloading music), but they are also the people who bother me with unsolicited phone calls when I have dinner?
The Globe and Mail is a great newspaper and I find that it really lowered the quality/relevance bar down to the very bottom by writing a story about that "survey". I mean, that is like encouraging stupidity and prejudice!
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Read your own quote. Try not to miss "during the preceding year" this time.
The (original) purpose of Nobel Prize was to encourage young gifted scientists, to give them recognition necessary to get funding for research. Obviously now it's just a sort of a medal for past achievement and adds absolutely nothing to science TODAY.
" Environics polled just over 1,000 Canadians aged 18 or over by telephone, and another 1,043 Canadians on-line in May, 2005." Let me get this straight: not only do these statistically challenged morons insult me by making a broad generalization because of something I do legally (downloading music), but they are also the people who bother me with unsolicited phone calls when I have dinner? The Globe and Mail is a great newspaper and I find that it really lowered the quality/relevance bar down to the very bottom by writing a story about that "survey". I mean, that is like encouraging stupidity and prejudice!