Nobel Disease
Nobel Disease is the alternative letter-case form of Nobel disease.
Noun capitalized: Nobel disease
Nobel disease (uncountable)
- The tendency of some Nobel laureates to advance pseudoscientific or fringe ideas, or to claim knowledge beyond their field of expertise.
- According to many doctors, there was only one problem with [Linus] Pauling’s theories: they were all wrong. Pauling was afflicted with “Nobel disease,” a condition where a master in one field thinks he’s an authority in others, according to Dr. Steven Salzberg, professor of medicine and...2015, Jeff Wilser, The Good News About What's Bad For You..., page 53
- Thereafter, he [Luc Montaginer] appears to have contracted the 'Nobel disease', in which success apparently goes to the head of the erstwhile respected scientist, resulting in an embarrassing public embrace of crankery.2018, Edzard Ernst, Kevin Smith, More Harm Than Good?: The Moral Maze of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, page 163
- Synonyms:
- Nobelitis
Synonyms of Nobel Disease
Forms of Nobel Disease
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Questions about Nobel Disease
- What does Nobel Disease mean?
- Nobel Disease means the tendency of some Nobel laureates to advance pseudoscientific or fringe ideas, or to claim knowledge beyond their field of expertise.
- What is Nobel Disease the alternative letter-case form of?
- Nobel Disease is the alternative letter-case form of Nobel disease.
- What part of speech is Nobel Disease?
- Nobel Disease is a noun.
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