This is meaningless, pretty much anyone can be nominated. All it takes is a letter sent by any professor of history, social science, law, philosophy, or religion.
A Nobel Prize nomination is the academic equivalent of "Here, have an upvote".
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2024
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Is it the Norwegian guy?
Edit: Yes it's the Norwegian guy. He does this every year. Also his nominations are invalid. You're not allowed to publicise that you've nominated someone. Nominations are secret, they never announce that someone who was nominated "didn't win". I wish people would stop feeding this troll every year.
So what your saying is if I was a professor I could make bank nominating people for a fee?
Anybody can win the award as well. These awards are meaningless.
Downvoters, explain Obama, please.
Why was this award ever actually considered prestigious
A nomination is meaningless, it's not at all the same thing as receiving the award. There are 351 nominees this year, and the requirements for being nominated are almost non-existent. Even an associate professor at any college can nominate whoever they want. The one and only criteria for nomination is that a person with recognized credentials submitted the nomination. That's literally it.
Stalin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_individuals_nominated_for_the_Nobel_Peace_Prize
Apparently Czar Nicholas II also got nominated.
Ooh, and Emperor Wilhelm II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor
Despite strengthening Germany's position as a great power by building a powerful navy and promoting scientific innovation, Wilhelm's tactless public statements and erratic foreign policy greatly antagonized the international community and are considered by many to have substantially contributed to the fall of the German Empire. In 1914, his diplomatic brinksmanship culminated in Germany's guarantee of military support to Austria-Hungary during the July Crisis which plunged all of Europe into World War I.
I nominate Elmo.
And fettuccine alfredo.
If I had enough wealth/power I would definitely nominate a bunch of random people just to show how easy it is
You don't need wealth or power to nominate someone. Quite the opposite. You can submit a nomination if you're a university professor.
Yeah, being a professor gives you that power. I should have said authority.
I nominate Uncle Phil and Cesar Salad
Gee, biased headline much?