How did a computer scientist such as Geoffrey Hinton manage to win a Nobel Prize in physics when computer science already has its own Nobel Prize equivalent in the Turing Awards?

In awarding prizes, the Nobel Committees often seem only marginally more competent than MTG is at explaining meteorology. And if they can give a literature prize for lyrics like:

"Where can we shoehorn it in? Chemistry is easy 'cos AlphaFold; but what about physics? A bit more challenging, right?"

You can have your cake and eat it too

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^* Fibiger got the 1926 Medicine prize for the discovery of Spiroptera carcinoma (Don’t ask).

… then anything is possible. There’s no rule that a Nobel Prize has to make sense.^*

Whatever.

What are the differences between Republicans and Democrats in their views of the government's role in society? How do these differences impact policymaking?

Whatever.

"Naah, Linnainmaa is a Finn. Can't give it to a bloody Finnish mathematician. Let's go for drinks. Brännvin anyone?"

When he's standing, in front of you

Youth overdoses from synthetic opioids are increasing. What parents should know - CNN

Why wait any longer for the one you love?

A fly on the wall at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

^† They rationalise their decision thusly:

Mayor Bass announces curfew for DTLA amid ongoing anti-ICE protests - ABC7 Los Angeles

They then move on to selectively provide their own version of history. But hey, it’s OK. They wanted controversy, didn’t they? Whatever.

"Didn't he do something with Boltzmann in it? That sounds physics-y. RBMs and stuff, eh?"

There you go.^†

Scientists have discovered a hidden city 140,000 years old at the bottom of the ocean. - Farmingdale Observer

Fortunately, we are privy to the discussion that led up to this:

(Mumbles of assent)

(Bob Dylan, Nobel Prize for Literature, 2016)

When trump, musk, Putin and vance are gone how difficult will it be to undo all the damage they’ve done?

"Good idea, but how can we wangle something that says 'Physics'?"

"Hey guys, AI is pretty big so let's centre our prizes on it this year. We can get some attention, and it's all about advertising, at the end of the day, isn't it?"

My 11 million SEK, Dr Jo.

Why did Microsoft acquire LinkedIn?

Why wait any longer for the world to begin?

[Younger voice] "But wait a minute, Ising-Lenz goes back to the 1920's. And didn't Hinton plagiarise rather a lot? He also didn't invent modern backprop, did he, that's Linnainmaa? And Amari preceded Hopfield, too. That's not a good look."

"Good point, I'm sure we can swing it. And let's tack on Hopfield while we're about it."

What is the reason behind people believing in the concept of causation, even though it cannot be proven or deemed necessary for everything to exist?

In December 1973, when Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, comedian Tom Lehrer dropped his mic and stamped on it—satire had just died.

[The basic structure of artificial neural networks] has close similarities with spin models in statistical physics applied to magnetism or alloy theory. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes research exploiting this connection to make breakthrough methodological advances in the field of ANN.

[Older voice] "Mmm. What about Hinton, he's widely regarded? Nobody got fired for buying IBM"

Is it common for female doctors to examine male patients without another nurse present? Is there a difference in protocol for nurses and physician assistants?