How did a computer scientist such as Geoffrey Hinton manage to win a Nobel Prize in physics when computer science already has its own Nobel Prize equivalent in the Turing Awards?

[Older voice] "Mmm. What about Hinton, he's widely regarded? Nobody got fired for buying IBM"

[Younger voice] "But wait a minute, Ising-Lenz goes back to the 1920's. And didn't Hinton plagiarise rather a lot? He also didn't invent modern backprop, did he, that's Linnainmaa? And Amari preceded Hopfield, too. That's not a good look."

My 11 million SEK, Dr Jo.

Does any unofficial Roman Catholic card exist in the world to play? In Italy, Rome & the Vatican City, can practising Catholics get any discounts as a tourist, & / or privileged admission to certain sights, with different rules for non Catholics?

They then move on to selectively provide their own version of history. But hey, it’s OK. They wanted controversy, didn’t they? Whatever.

A fly on the wall at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

"Where can we shoehorn it in? Chemistry is easy 'cos AlphaFold; but what about physics? A bit more challenging, right?"

This is the safest place to hide when a nuclear bomb strikes - The Brighter Side of News

Whatever.

"Good point, I'm sure we can swing it. And let's tack on Hopfield while we're about it."

… then anything is possible. There’s no rule that a Nobel Prize has to make sense.^*

Knicks' Decision to Fire Tom Thibodeau Was Brewing For 'Months' - Sports Illustrated

Fortunately, we are privy to the discussion that led up to this:

There you go.^†

Whatever.

S.A.-area rabies cases spark concern for officials. Here's why - MySA

In December 1973, when Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, comedian Tom Lehrer dropped his mic and stamped on it—satire had just died.

"Naah, Linnainmaa is a Finn. Can't give it to a bloody Finnish mathematician. Let's go for drinks. Brännvin anyone?"

(Bob Dylan, Nobel Prize for Literature, 2016)

Does the Hamas charter specifically call for the death of all Jews and the destruction of Israel?

In awarding prizes, the Nobel Committees often seem only marginally more competent than MTG is at explaining meteorology. And if they can give a literature prize for lyrics like:

"Hey guys, AI is pretty big so let's centre our prizes on it this year. We can get some attention, and it's all about advertising, at the end of the day, isn't it?"

You can have your cake and eat it too

We've Finally Seen The Skyscraper Tsunami That Shook Earth For 9 Days - ScienceAlert

Why wait any longer for the one you love?

^† They rationalise their decision thusly:

When he's standing, in front of you

Astronomers are stunned after the quiet development of the largest telescope ever built in China. - Farmingdale Observer

"Didn't he do something with Boltzmann in it? That sounds physics-y. RBMs and stuff, eh?"

^* Fibiger got the 1926 Medicine prize for the discovery of Spiroptera carcinoma (Don’t ask).

[The basic structure of artificial neural networks] has close similarities with spin models in statistical physics applied to magnetism or alloy theory. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes research exploiting this connection to make breakthrough methodological advances in the field of ANN.

Researchers Unlock An ‘Alien’ Phenomenon Under Earth’s Largest Lithium Reserves - The Daily Galaxy

Why wait any longer for the world to begin?

"Good idea, but how can we wangle something that says 'Physics'?"

(Mumbles of assent)

Holocaust survivor who was burned in Boulder: 'We are better than this' - NBC News