Do the Nobel Prizes Still Make Sense in the 21st Century?

PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ The Nobel Prizes reward the greatest accomplishments of the human race. Right? Then why haven't they changed much in 100+ years? Do they really represent how science is done? And why so few women? References and more: Molly Oldfield - The Secret Museum http://amzn.to/173lLpj Georgia Lupi Nobel Prize infographic: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.ph... Alfred Nobel's will: http://www.nobelprize.org/alfred_nobe... Top 10 Nobel snubs: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sli... Nobel Prize controversies (like Johannes Fibiger) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Pr... Women who have won science Nobels http://mentalfloss.com/article/53186/... The Nobel ignores how modern science works: http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/ae... Nobel prize and myth of the "lone genius" http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/t... Thomas Edison on success: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.ph... Steve Jobs on creativity: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.... Open letter to Nobel committee: http://www.newscientist.com/article/d... Thumbnail art via catwalker/Shutterstock ----------- Join us on Patreon!   / itsokaytobesmart   Twitter   / drjoehanson     / okaytobesmart   Instagram   / drjoehanson     / okaytobesmart   Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/i... Facebook   / itsokaytobesmartpbs