21 pointsby zdw7 hours ago2 comments
  • pinkmuffinere4 hours ago
    > Linus Pauling won two Nobel Prizes, one in Chemistry and one in Peace, making him one of only five people to win the Peace Prize twice.

    Pretty sure this is meant to say he’s one of five people to have won a Nobel prize twice.

  • ggm7 hours ago
    See also "Gell-Mann Amnesia"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#Gell-Mann_amn...

    (I wish the source was otherwise, but I do think this is a true effect)