2024-10-08 Hacker News Top Articles and Its Summaries
1. Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton [pdf] Total comment counts : 128 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The article discusses the surprising nature of recent Nobel Prize winners in Physics, highlighting a trend where winners are not widely recognized even within their subfields. It specifically mentions the 2016 winners Kosterlitz, Thouless, and Haldane as deserving, despite not being household names. A point of contention is the inclusion of Geoffrey Hinton, who has minimal experience in physics, whose contributions are deemed unsuitable for a physics prize....