Comments on: Microblog 2008-10-13

By: Microblog 2008-10-30

Microblog 2008-10-30 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:03:11 +0000

[...] up your room or I’ll drop you off in Nebraska” threat may be numbered [NY Times; earlier] [...]

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:45:24 +0000

I still wonder whether Krugman would have won had his nomination and work been submitted entirely anonymously or under a pseudonym.

As I understand it, there are 2 conditions to receive a Nobel:

1) worthy achievement in the field
2) not obviously conservative (with the occasional exception if one’s contribution in 1 is just ridiculously good)

That is, outspoken liberalism is not really that big a deal compared to the general population, but outspoken conservatism is a huge negative.

So, yes, I think Krugman would still have gotten it. A better question would be, would he have gotten it if his political commentary was on the other end of the epctrum (raving reality-challenged righty instead of raving reality-challenged lefty)?

By: MF

MF — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:45:35 +0000

I still wonder whether Krugman would have won had his nomination and work been submitted entirely anonymously or under a pseudonym. The Nobel committee voters sure do love Bush bashers and anyone promoting a liberal cause.

By: Reformed Republican

Reformed Republican — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:39:14 +0000

Batman costume will not enable you to fly.

Well, duh. Batman could not fly. That was Superman.

By: Diane Levin

Diane Levin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:36:53 +0000

Thanks so much for the link to Blawg Review #181 — glad you folks enjoyed Arrington’s quote via TechCrunch.