>>I used to have an absolute trust in "Nobel Prize Winner" designation, until I found out this:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Paulescu
>>You may say that it was an exception, but since something so blatantly unfair could happen, it's hard to not become skeptical.
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>Scientific progress relies so much on the work of those who came before - where do you draw the line on who is worthy of a prize like the Nobel?
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>As Sir Isaac Newton famously remarked, "If I have seen farther it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants".

But the whole point of your quote is honesty - which is precisely what's missing in the case presented.