Assignment 5-TagHoward

What does it say about our society that the Emmy's have so much glitz and attention and the Nobel Prizes are quietly announced in the news? Is this bad? Good? Appropriate?

The Emmy's and Nobel Prizes are inherently different, it is this that can account for the difference in coverage. The primary reason for the gap in "glitz" is that the community of science and entertainment are reflected in the way the two awards are covered, science is slow-moving and when a breakthrough occurs it may either be met with resounding silence or with great fanfare, but nobody usually cares when an experiment that might yield amazing results outside of other members of the field. In entertainment, however, every little thing is somehow remarkable. The way Justin Beiber holds his girlfriend's hand can be a full-page story and prominent figures are household names, in stark contrast to the relative obscurity that scientists usually languish in. On whether or not it is a bad thing though, in the end, it matters very little. Science moves on, and sometimes it works better when ignored by the public, take stem-cell research as an example. But do the Nobel Prizes deserve more attention? Of course it does, ask yourself what will have more impact on the future, carbon nanotubes or the last season of Game of Thrones?