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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic
I respect the Nobel Prizes for science, because that's where they started out, didn't they?
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There was always awards for the five categories (peace, physics, literature, medicine, and chemistry...later a related one in Economics). Alfred Nobel started it since when his brother died, his obituary was accidentaly printed and he was essentially known as the "Merchant of Death" (being the inventor of dynamite and all). So he wanted to improve his legacy..hence the awards he created.
Here there are rumours that Bob Dylan may refuse the prize since he hasnt responded. Which would be interesting. But then there is a large pot of money attached to it so he could at least take it for the money.