Comment on Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025parentComments−D-Coder11moBlame Alfred Nobel, he set up the original categories. According to Wikipedia his goals were prizes "which annually recognize those who 'conferred the greatest benefit to humankind'". Perhaps he didn't consider math as directly benefiting mankind.−tombert11moI know, I just find it odd that apparently literature directly benefits mankind but not math.
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Blame Alfred Nobel, he set up the original categories. According to Wikipedia his goals were prizes "which annually recognize those who 'conferred the greatest benefit to humankind'". Perhaps he didn't consider math as directly benefiting mankind.
I know, I just find it odd that apparently literature directly benefits mankind but not math.