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Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid (www.theguardian.com)

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Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 2 weeks ago

I read "uncontactable" as "uncontrollable" at first and I like my version much better.

Something about a Nobel prize winning immunologist uncontrollably roaming the wilds of Idaho really tickles my funny bone 😁