[was_a_dev]

It is suggested that politics has come into play here as only three people can win a Nobel Prize.

I hope that, if this ends in a Nobel Prize, that "sportsmanship" comes into account

[ergocoder]

Nobel Prize committee needs the cancel culture.

Who in their right mind would reward only 3 people out of 6? How would they even choose 3 among themselves?

This nobel prize limitation is a classic example of a moral hazard situation.

[joefigura]

Scientific collaborations have gotten steadily larger over time. Groups are no longer 3 people exchanging letters, and the 3 person limitation makes no sense.

[curiousObject]

>Who in their right mind would reward only 3 people out of 6?

In this case, the discovery, if it’s real, could get the awards for Physics and also for Chemistry. Because it’s such a once in a century level of scientific breakthrough

Perhaps Physics award mainly for a theoretical explanation and Chemistry award mainly for the experimental process

Therefore, six authors might be honored. It’s unlikely, but it’s a solution if the authors deserve it

[est]

If LK-99 is true, Nobel Prize should make an exception for all the authors.

[psychphysic]

Arbitrary punishing rules of the Nobel prize is part of the fun of science. As far as I can tell either wise they'd have dropped all these insane rules ages ago.

[Sharlin]

Would be interesting if the rule were dropped given that in some fields like particle physics a paper may have dozens of authors…

[elashri]

The Higgs discovery was by ATLAS and CMS experiments (thousands of people) but the Nobel prize went to the theorists.

[astrange]

Particle physics would have to discover something we didn't already know for that to be an issue.

[jeffwass]

Why does this particular discovery merit an exception, but every other Nobel does not?

[r2_pilot]

Perhaps with all the lower-hanging scientific fruit now getting more scarce, it makes sense to start allowing for a larger number of contributors to be recognized, even if they don't necessarily share in the prize money. Why not start such a new tradition when such a practical and wide-ranging technology comes into play? (assuming this is eventually validated)

[calderknight]

would then make sense to award the prize less frequently

[rapsey]

Because if true it will be the most important discovery of this century?

[calderknight]

I'm not sure about that. This is going to be a crazy century.

[concordDance]

The most important discovery of the century will probably be whatever finally lets us make human level AI.

[curiousObject]

That may be the last science Nobel awarded to a human