[mlyang]

This is a fascinating article. I wonder to what, if any, degree this methodology stifles innovation because innovators aren't rewarded. It seems from the article that ATLAS did not think the Nobel Prize was awarded properly to the correct people...would that affect their research in the future?

[trombone7]

No, the motivation is increased chances for postdocs or lecture positions. Possibly a politician in a funding agency got dissapointed...