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In article <27OCT199210172418@csa2.lbl.gov> sichase@csa2.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE) writes:
>In article <1992Oct27.043739.11703@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes...
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>>     But I think Rubbia should still have his Nobel taken away 
>>     for blustering in "Vogue" about finding the top quark.
>
>OK.  So he was a Bozo.  Nobody ever said that Rubbia won the Nobel prize for
>his charm and charisma.  But if we follow your rule, we will have to take 
>back quite a few prizes.  We can start with the two that Linus Pauling has.
>I can't think of any others off the top of my head, but if subsequent 
>bogus claims cancel a Nobel prize, then there are probably quite a few others
>who must hand them back.

     Now that you've expanded on it, I think this is a good rule.
     What with the usual unqualified esteem that surrounds Nobel prize 
     winners, it seems incumbent upon us to check to see if the winners
     have become Bozos in the intervening years.  So, we can take back 
     Rubbia's and Shockley's while we're warming up to reexamine the rest 
     of the Bozos.  

     Of course, the real problem is: 'Which Bozos are to do the reexamination?'
    
                               dale bass
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