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Winning a Nobel Prize may be bad for your productivity (www.science.org)

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[–] FlyingSquid@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I think once you win a Nobel, it's okay to rest on your laurels.

[–] CamilleMellom@mander.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Also you don’t usually get a Nobel at the beginning of your career?

[–] FlyingSquid@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I just did some Googling and apparently, that is a more recent development (at least for physics, medicine and chemistry). Science Nobel laureates used to be young, or at least much younger, but now they are skewing much older. This article discusses it: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37578899

[–] CamilleMellom@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

True! My gf is a chemist and said that there used to be that saying that if you hadn’t had your Nobel by 35 then you failed :S

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