Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

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Just recently received the information bellow about Nobel Prize in Physics 2021


At first, seeing that award was given "for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems", I thought "OK, complex systems... what's that really about?" and then read the whole announcement and saw that 1/2 of the prize was awarded to "reliably predicting global warming". :-(

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was awarded "for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems" with one half jointly to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann "for the physical modelling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming" and the other half to Giorgio Parisi "for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales."

I'm feeling ashamed to be considered part/member of this community (scientific, physics), even if only via my workplace (job). :cry:

Edit: Clarity
 
Well you know how it is now @Truth&Forgiveness science is no longer "the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment." it's the inevitable end of the road on our journey through capitalism. "Truth" can simply be bought now and I use the term loosely.

When I owned my brewing company pre-covid, I was investigating having a range of "organic" beer, I called a company called "Australian Certified Organic" only to find that all they required in order for me to print their logo on my label of 12% of end retail value. As most of my ingredients are imported a simple statement from the supplier was enough for the audit. I then found I could just call it organic.... legally.... due to terrible labelling laws in my country.

I'm not surprised at the results to be honest, I am however surprised there is no larger uproar by other physicists. We are just looking like a beaten-down race now.
 

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