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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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[–] half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I understand why it's currently happening like that, but it's still annoying to call at 2am and be like, "they were so hard to get on the phone!" Seems to be a recurring problem so might be worth it to have a contingency plan for winners within certain time zones, even if you just quietly inform them a few hours earlier that they should make sure they're available at that time.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 weeks ago

Presumably they all are informed that they've been nominated. They could also ask them beforehand what their preference is if they win.

2am calls are why people leave their profession.