Is this a case of 'if I go down, everyone goes down'?
Is it really worth it?
It's just a Crawford Prize...
For a moment, the old man didn't know whether to feel honored or sad.
He felt honored because a prize operated by the Science Academy, far less known than the Nobel Prize, was getting so much attention from significant figures; the sadness came from the fact that they were caught in the crossfire of a battle between gods, playing the role of the unfortunate pawns...
Why don't you two parties fight it out directly? No one would care if your brains got splattered, and we could even cheer you on from the sidelines.
What kind of indirect chess game is this?
Who the hell did we offend?!
Announce the winner and then do a last-minute replacement or add an additional winner?
Do these people have any idea how the credibility of a scientific award is established?
