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Chapter 1288: Chapter 618: Zhao’s Science Award_1

Zhao Yi’s post on Weibo immediately sparked a heated debate among the public. In a short amount of time, there were more than one hundred thousand comments under the Weibo post, and the number of shares rapidly exceeded ten thousand.

Many media accounts also shared the post and some media outlets simply put out news articles based on the content Zhao Yi published, analyzing it in a series.

Every sentence of the Weibo post was meticulously interpreted—

"It is because scientists push forward human technology that they are great, not because they win some world-class award. Awards are just an embellishment to scientific research, not the pursuit of it."

"This statement suggests that any award should not stand above scientists. Scientists do not conduct research to win awards; their research advances the progress of human technology. Awards are merely a recognition of their contributions."

"’The job of a scientist is to break convention,’ is a direct reply to the Nobel prize committee. Scientists work to break the mold, yet the Nobel Prize, as a scientific award, refused to grant Zhao Yi the Nobel Prize in Physics based on the ’historical precedent that no one has ever won a Nobel Prize in two fields at the same time’."

"That is the biggest joke of all."

"Zhao Yi said he will henceforth refuse any scientific awards, obviously including the Nobel Prize in Medicine."

Such analysis when published provoked an even greater debate.

Who can refuse the Nobel Prize?

The influence of the Nobel Prize is so vast that even very well-known individuals would shamelessly yearn for a Peace Prize.

The Peace Prize is considered the least important and the most unfair of the Nobel Prizes because it is influenced by too many external factors.

Conversely,

The Nobel Prize in Medicine is one of the Nobel Prizes with the highest value, even seen as the most valuable and most meaningful for human life development, because candidates for the Nobel Prize in Medicine must make significant contributions in the field of medical research.

This significant contribution must also benefit human life, and in some cases, it has already saved millions of people, in order to be nominated for the prize.

Therefore, most Nobel Prize in Medicine laureates are recognized for research outcomes from ten, twenty years ago, or even longer.

The standards for the Nobel Prize in Physics are different.

The Nobel Prize in Physics rewards scientists for significant contributions to physics, but many of the honored discoveries in physics are somewhat detached from the development of Earth itself.

For example, the discovery of neutrinos.

The discovery of new particles advances mankind’s understanding of the universe, enabling major progress in the study of micro-particles.

However, what does this have to do with real life?

No matter how many new particles are discovered, and how much more we understand about the universe, it doesn’t relate to ordinary people unless the technology supported by particle research can quickly become widespread in human life. Otherwise, the benefits may have to wait for hundreds of years, or even longer.

In short, the Nobel Prize in Medicine’s value is extremely high.

Now Zhao Yi has directly refused the Nobel Prize in Medicine, and it can even be confirmed that he would refuse the Nobel Prize in Physics or any other prizes, which is quite shocking to people.

But after the shock wears off, most people think it’s quite normal.

Does Zhao Yi need an award for embellishment? fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

Some people gain worldwide fame because of the Nobel Prize, from being virtually unknown before to becoming household names after winning, which changes their lives significantly with fame and fortune.

Zhao Yi already had fame; he is the most famous scientist in the world, with top achievements in many fields.

He already has the fame, and it’s hard for it to get any higher.

He doesn’t lack money either.

Zhao Yi is already one of the wealthiest people in the world, and his personal wealth and assets are still rapidly increasing. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

Some organizations predict that within ten years, Zhao Yi’s assets and wealth will climb into the top ten in the world, and he might even become the world’s richest man in his lifetime.

Thus, for him, the Nobel Prize is basically dispensable.

What’s laughable is that the Nobel committee, which could have awarded Zhao Yi the Nobel Prize in Physics, decided to delay the award for a ridiculous reason.

Now they have lost the opportunity to award it to him.

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The public opinion erupted over Zhao Yi’s refusal of the science awards.

The domestic response was very enthusiastic.

Many people felt uplifted by Zhao Yi’s action, mainly because the Nobel is a foreign award. Despite its renowned fame, there have historically only been two winners from our country.

Although the Nobel committee has always stressed that their selection is fair and impartial, due to the small number of domestic winners, there has always been a sense that there is discrimination against domestic academics.

Whether the Nobel selection was fair in the past is debatable.

Now it is definitely unfair.

Talking about fairness when even Zhao Yi can’t get the Nobel Prize in Physics is a joke.

Now the Nobel Prize lacks the participation of the scientist with the greatest contribution, and its influence will undoubtedly be affected.

International public opinion is also fermenting rapidly, and like the domestic opinions, discussions about the fairness of the awards are common abroad.

The whole world knows that Zhao Yi would definitely have received the Nobel Prize in Physics because he made public the anti-gravity theory and technology, paving a new direction for the development of physics.