Does the Nobel Prize still carry the authority it once did?

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Culture & Lifestyle ·Friday, September 11, 2026

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Does the Nobel Prize still carry the authority it once did?

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“No idea. I have never followed it closely enough to say”

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No idea. I have never followed it closely enough to say

64%

It rewards the wrong model. Science is collaborative now, and naming three people distorts that

18%

The Peace Prize ruined it. Too many recipients aged badly

It was always partly politics. The authority was assumed rather than earned

Yes, in the sciences. The research prizes remain the highest bar there is

Yes, and it still shapes what gets funded. Its influence outlasts the ceremony

Only some categories. Physics and medicine hold up, peace and literature do not

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🇭🇷Croatia50%🇧🇬Bulgaria67%🇳🇱Netherlands100%

Croatia is most divided — 50% “No idea. I have never followed it closely enough to say” vs 33% “It rewards the wrong model. Science is collaborative now, and naming three people distorts that”.

Age

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35–44 is most divided — 40% “It rewards the wrong model. Science is collaborative now, and naming three people distorts that” vs 20% “The Peace Prize ruined it. Too many recipients aged badly”.

Gender

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Man is most divided — 40% “It rewards the wrong model. Science is collaborative now, and naming three people distorts that” vs 20% “No idea. I have never followed it closely enough to say”.

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