The case against awards

Prior to reading this article, I had some thoughts about the justification of awards. Sometimes, I feel that judges made a wrong choice by awarding to a non-deserving candidate. I do agree partially with Chait that the wrong person do win at times. From the earlier part of his article, his basis was sort of caused by biasness from the authorities or the judging committee towards the awardee. Then again, his biasness was probably built up by his personal experiences from his teacher who joined NASA. It is very clear that he is very one-sided and persistent in his stand His tone shows that he is very adamant that he is absolutely right. However, the second part of his article somehow makes sense to me, that our emotions play a very crucial role in our judgement. Personal biasness seems to be acting subconsciously in our minds. The Nobel peace prize example is something that we should take note of, hopefully it isn't true. Otherwise, the true meaning of the Nobel peace prize would be destroyed.