Still one of the greatest moments in Nobel history. At 2:15 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2020, a security camera caught Prof. Emeritus Robert Wilson in slippers at Prof. Paul Milgrom's front door. The longtime collaborators, who lived across the street from each other, had jointly won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to auction design — but only one had been reachable by phone in the middle of the night.

Oct 10, 2025 · 5:47 PM UTC

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The world's most prestigious prize, delivered by the world's most reliable technology: a friend at your front door.
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And he said for the next one I win tell me at 9:00 am when I wake up.
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these sora ring cam gens are getting wild
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friendship goals
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If the Nobel organization is so smart why do they have zero concept of time zones?
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he could’ve told him the morning ngl
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He was modest and did not mention he is the co-winner.
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Who knew the real innovation was neighborly door-to-door notification
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Me: "Bugger off, I'm trying to sleep!" Couldn't it wait until morning? Really?
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Amazing clip...and this is very Milgrom.
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you want friends like that...
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One of them was sleeping, Truly remarkable.😐
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They give out nobel peace prizes to war criminals though. So what does it even mean?
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Congratulations to them
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Did Robert and Paul give their consent to this post? It is funny, I like it..but, why slippers?
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The delay of a prize isn't the problem. The problem is why it delays - rising validation time and deep uncertainty about what's truly real. Scientific production accelerates; validation moves in reverse.
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Only at Stanford would something like be so treated som normal lol
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And the economics award is still not a Nobel prize.
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nobel prize should be a happy moment, should not be woke up in middle of the night. it is not emergency.
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An odd world, indeed. @Stanford boasts both Nobel Laureates of the highest calibre, such as this one, and also charlatans of the ilk of @SilaGene.
The rumour is that @SilaNanotech is seriously contemplating closure. The CEO, @SilaGene's strategy, is to attribute the downfall to market conditions. In truth, no one wishes to be the client of a fraudulent enterprise—stolen technology and all.
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8.3 Mezzuzah
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Correction: The economics prize isn't a real Nobel and no one who matters is impressed by anyone winning your pseudoscience's fake little award.
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OMG! Hilarious.
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Why? Can’t it wait 4-5 hrs? Seriously! I’d be pissed
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This is great!
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Haha. Like life itself. Too good.
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Why do they call them in the middle of the night? A bit weird. Couldn't they wait til daybreak?
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Where is his mask? This is during covid!!
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The best collaborations happen when great minds are close enough to knock on the door
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This is what genuine human connection looks like in academia
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What a heartwarming story of collaboration and friendship.....genius meets genuine friendship at 2:15 a.m!
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Beautiful.
Science and the academy took away the power of friendship as a part of the process of research and writing. Many great discoveries were made by pairs and groups of friends who shared lives together, as well as common interests and enquiry.
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@grok -expand on their ‘auction design’ work
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