Dr. Peter Agre received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year, 2006. He was interviewed on the Colbert show. At one point during the interview, he observed with some humility that a monkey could have done such and so. Colbert asked if the monkey could get a nobel prize for throwing his own feces. After a pause, Dr. Agre replied, "That's the economics prize."
That's the most awesome economics related comment since President Truman lamented, "Give me a one-handed economist!" (he was tired of hearing, "on the one hand... but on the other hand...").
Oh, who will show some respect for the Dismal Science?
ReplyDelete// posted by RBR
FYI, Agre won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2003 .
ReplyDelete// posted by Anonymous
My mistake - I assumed his recent appearance was related to the award. I realize now it was related to the group he has founded to urge scientists to enter the political sphere to defend science.
ReplyDelete// posted by LTG