Dr. Yunus didn't get it this time either

SS · #1 October 12, 2006, 03:39 PM

Hehe I thought he will get the nobel. He didn't. Not enough backing.
I don't think he will be a good candidate competing with all the super smart scholars in IVY leagues.
Turkish writer won the literature.

al Furqaan · #2 October 12, 2006, 05:43 PM

he should try in peace...he won't win if they keep nominating him in econ or some other academic field...might as well nominate him in physics then.

Alien · #3 October 12, 2006, 06:21 PM

Dude, econ is his field not peace. Its like giving Hassan Nasrallah the nobel peace prize after the war in Lebanon.

jabbar · #4 October 12, 2006, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by al Furqaan
he should try in peace...he won't win if they keep nominating him in econ or some other academic field...might as well nominate him in physics then.

physics? peace? dude, do you even know what dr. yunus does?

nobody · #5 October 13, 2006, 02:12 AM

Dr younis has better chance getting noble in peace than economics. To get noble in economics u need to work on theory. Dr Y do not give a F*** on this. Believe me, I heard him uttering this. In peace, he has better chance because he change livelihood for a million of people.

Orpheus · #6 October 13, 2006, 02:22 AM

Clinton should get a nobel prize for peace. My favorite president of all time.

Banglatiger84 · #7 October 13, 2006, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by nobody
Dr younis has better chance getting noble in peace than economics. To get noble in economics u need to work on theory. Dr Y do not give a F*** on this. Believe me, I heard him uttering this. In peace, he has better chance because he change livelihood for a million of people.

Well predicted!!!

sunny747 · #8 October 13, 2006, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jabbar
physics? peace? dude, do you even know what dr. yunus does?

well now, may be u don't know what he does!!!

Rubu · #9 October 13, 2006, 04:00 PM

LOL.

what a turn around!

Hatebreed · #10 October 13, 2006, 04:48 PM

Simply put, the people who implied he couldn't get a nobel peace prize got PWNT.

ammark · #11 October 13, 2006, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by nobody
Dr younis has better chance getting noble in peace than economics. To get noble in economics u need to work on theory. Dr Y do not give a F*** on this. Believe me, I heard him uttering this. In peace, he has better chance because he change livelihood for a million of people.

Absolutely. And great that he did.

Alien · #12 October 14, 2006, 02:19 AM

While I feel happy for Dr. Y, he should have gotten it for Econ coz its more of an economic achievement.

Honestly, the nobel guys should create a new field "humanity" so people like mother teresa or Dr. Y can be put under. Because to me it doesnt make sense...why peace?? he didnt try to bring peace to anywhere...he tried to fight off poverty via microcredit which loosely falls under economics and fully into humanity. Same goes for mother teresa's achievement.

Sauron · #13 October 14, 2006, 05:28 AM

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While I feel happy for Dr. Y, he should have gotten it for Econ coz its more of an economic achievement.

Honestly, the nobel guys should create a new field "humanity" so people like mother teresa or Dr. Y can be put under. Because to me it doesnt make sense...why peace?? he didnt try to bring peace to anywhere...he tried to fight off poverty via microcredit which loosely falls under economics and fully into humanity. Same goes for mother teresa's achievement.

Honestly, you need to stop thinking too much and actually start activating your brain cells.
Poverty begets unrest. Dr. Y has done more for peace than Mother Teresa (no disrespect). If you fail to understand that then you need to complete your formal education first and then have some real-life job experience and then some 3rd world real-life experience ... and all that then may make you qualified to comment on this.

al Furqaan · #14 October 14, 2006, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jabbar
physics? peace? dude, do you even know what dr. yunus does?

no i don't know what he does. why don't you tell me...

Orpheus · #15 October 14, 2006, 02:23 PM

sauron's hormones are kicking in! why u attacking the poor guy personally for nothing? Nobel prize for "peace" is the only prize where you can get it without complex brain structure. So I would have preferred him getting it in Eco as well.

al Furqaan · #16 October 14, 2006, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Orpheus
sauron's hormones are kicking in! why u attacking the poor guy personally for nothing? Nobel prize for "peace" is the only prize where you can get it without complex brain structure. So I would have preferred him getting it in Eco as well.

i would add literature to that list...that is equally subjective.

al Furqaan · #17 October 14, 2006, 04:44 PM

hitler bhai (lol that just sounds funny),

his achievemt wasn't that groudbreaking in terms of a purely academic economic sense. it was more philantropic than anything else. it realy didnt say much about the theory of economics, thats why he would never get the econ prize.

Alien · #18 October 14, 2006, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sauron
Honestly, you need to stop thinking too much and actually start activating your brain cells.
Poverty begets unrest. Dr. Y has done more for peace than Mother Teresa (no disrespect). If you fail to understand that then you need to complete your formal education first and then have some real-life job experience and then some 3rd world real-life experience ... and all that then may make you qualified to comment on this.

Poverty is one of the many factors that adds up to build unrest. Not the whole or main reason. And I wouldn't compare mother Teresa with Dr. Y. Both have countributed differently and Mother Teresa reach to help the needy went world wide to places like Central Africa where you wouldnt go for a vacation.

The reason why I am saying he contribution is more of an economic one is because eliminating poverty and contrubuting to the hi-tech industry of the country like IT and Grameen Phones, Dr. Y has done enormous to boost our national economy.

If you can say that fighting poverty brings down unrest and adds to peace, then I too can say fighting poverty helps bring up our economy. He did something that politicians only talk about since 1971 thats fighting poverty.

I am in no way saying Dr. Y didnt deserve it. He definitely did. But the category he and many others got under is rather weird. It makes sense to give Simon Peres and Yasser Arafat the "peace" coz they have made the effort stabilize the worlds most screwed up region. But that doesnt compare with Dr. Y or Mother Teresa.

ammark · #19 October 15, 2006, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by al Furqaan
hitler bhai (lol that just sounds funny),

his achievemt wasn't that groudbreaking in terms of a purely academic economic sense. it was more philantropic than anything else. it realy didnt say much about the theory of economics, thats why he would never get the econ prize.

yeah, and people just dont seem to get this.

Fazal · #20 October 16, 2006, 02:35 PM

Hai Hai.......lok jon dehki fighting someting about nothing.... Nobel Prize paileyooo Bipod abar Na Pileyoo Bipod.

Tigers_eye · #21 October 16, 2006, 02:48 PM

eikhaney bipod shogket Sath dekhano hochhey. Onno thread'a 10 par hoiye gasey.

Baundule · #22 October 16, 2006, 04:11 PM

Ha ha, too much discussion: with both positives, and yes, negatives

I dont care who and in which field got the Nobel Prize. All that matters is, he is a Bangladeshi and not a politician!

Hatebreed · #23 October 16, 2006, 06:21 PM

Let's see, poverty is an underlying cause of conflict in society and any means of reducing poverty can contribute to lasting peace. Economics is a study of how people attempt to meet unlimited needs with limited means, i.e. food and wealth. People can't survive without food and for food people essentially need money, and what people can do with money to buy food for a longer, constant period of time is where economics come in. Therefore Dr. Yunus' "microcredit" scheme and this nobel prize is as congruous to peace as it is to economics. Does that make sense?

nobody · #24 October 16, 2006, 08:26 PM

Before Dr Y get noble I predicted he would get Noble in peace. I did not eleborate my reasoning. Now it is the time for that. Dr Y prove that micro credit could help to break the cycle of poverty. But the problem is that neither he nor the other economists fail to provide any credible explanation of this phenomenon within economic theories. The often quoted explanation is when credit is interjected to vicious circle of povery it become a virtuous circle of prosperity. but the problem is that it do not explain why it happen. Unless Dr Y explain this, he has little chance of getting Noble in economics as much as we want.
the reason he got noble in peace is simple. Poverty is the root of all evil. If you could eradicate that there would be less war. Think of it. The soldiers fighting for USA and UK in Iraq mostly came from the poorest strata of the society. If they have other option to live, Bush gang could not find enough soldier to wage an war.

Orpheus · #25 October 17, 2006, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by nobody
Poverty is the root of all evil. If you could eradicate that there would be less war. Think of it. The soldiers fighting for USA and UK in Iraq mostly came from the poorest strata of the society. If they have other option to live, Bush gang could not find enough soldier to wage an war.

Very poor logic!