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SeattleUte · 11-28-2007, 04:11 AM

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il Padrino Ute · 11-28-2007, 04:15 AM

Dang. Because I'm not much of a fan of professional sports, baseball being the exception, that is a tough question for me.

SeattleUte · 11-28-2007, 04:39 AM

Waters only votes if he aims to lie.

il Padrino Ute · 11-28-2007, 04:42 AM

On a world scale, the Nobel Prize carries more weight.

But I'm more of a sports fan than I am a Nobel Prize fan, so I'll have to go with MWC championship.

JohnnyLingo · 11-28-2007, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

On a world scale, the Nobel Prize carries more weight.

But I'm more of a sports fan than I am a Nobel Prize fan, so I'll have to go with MWC championship.

The Nobel Prize is meaningless these days. It might carry weight in countries like France, but that doesn't take away from its meaninglessness.

Jeff Lebowski · 11-28-2007, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

The Nobel Prize is meaningless these days. It might carry weight in countries like France, but that doesn't take away from its meaninglessness.

Nonsense. You can argue that the peace category (one of six) is controversial, but to say that the prizes are meaningless is absurd.

Tex · 11-28-2007, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Nonsense. You can argue that the peace category (one of six) is controversial, but to say that the prizes are meaningless is absurd.

I'm gonna guess that's what Lingo meant. I agree with him that the Peace prize is a joke. Literature is another that I have reservations about.

The science awards on the other hand have great credibility, and I think rightly so.

Archaea · 11-28-2007, 02:38 PM

I voted for Nobel Prizes, but the question should be more framed in terms of timing.

If you want to argue that my school was awarded two Nobel prizes in the 1930s, but will never again receive one, and my school will receive a string of MWC championships and do great academically but never receive whereas the other school received them a century ago, never to receive them again and to not achieve championships, then I'd choose current championships over past fading glory never to return.

Now if it's an equal chance of current Nobels against sports championships, then it's a no-brainer for an academic institution, Nobels and Rhodes scholars all the way.

MikeWaters · 11-28-2007, 02:50 PM

A school that doesn't do research is not likely to get Nobel Prizes, btw.

Archaea · 11-28-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

A school that doesn't do research is not likely to get Nobel Prizes, btw.

Agreed.

If it's an either or proposition for current awards, the Nobel Prize is more prestigious so I go with the more prestigious award. However, it's never that simple.

View Poll Results: Would you rather your school have Mountain West Conference titles or Nobel Prizes?
Nobel Prize Winners	10	37.04%
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11-28-2007, 04:11 AM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Would you rather your school have Mountain West Conference titles or Nobel Prizes? CAUTION: Your answer to this question will forever mark you in my eyes as a dipshit or somebody I may want to have a beer with someday. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

11-28-2007, 04:15 AM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Dang. Because I'm not much of a fan of professional sports, baseball being the exception, that is a tough question for me. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

11-28-2007, 04:39 AM	#3
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Waters only votes if he aims to lie. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

11-28-2007, 04:42 AM	#4
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	On a world scale, the Nobel Prize carries more weight. But I'm more of a sports fan than I am a Nobel Prize fan, so I'll have to go with MWC championship. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

11-28-2007, 02:38 PM	#8
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	I voted for Nobel Prizes, but the question should be more framed in terms of timing. If you want to argue that my school was awarded two Nobel prizes in the 1930s, but will never again receive one, and my school will receive a string of MWC championships and do great academically but never receive whereas the other school received them a century ago, never to receive them again and to not achieve championships, then I'd choose current championships over past fading glory never to return. Now if it's an equal chance of current Nobels against sports championships, then it's a no-brainer for an academic institution, Nobels and Rhodes scholars all the way. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

11-28-2007, 02:50 PM	#9
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	A school that doesn't do research is not likely to get Nobel Prizes, btw.