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[-] Eranziel@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago

Reading the article (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/07/nobel-committee-unable-to-reach-medicine-prize-winner-hiking-off-grid), I feel like the least the committee could do is make an effort to call winners during their daytime hours. ๐Ÿ˜… Sounds like too many cases of unexpected calls in the night.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

It truly is astounding how apathetic the Nobel Institute is towards the people they are awarding. Like, some basic research about their nominee's time zone should be fundamental. Maybe get their schedule and let them know they are in consideration and when decisions will be rendered so they can be ready (or absent if they want).

But the current approach of cold calling scientists in the middle of the night just shows how little they care.

[-] orygin@piefed.social 6 points 6 days ago

They are informed a few minutes before the public announcement, so it's either them waking them, or their family or neighbors a few minutes later

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