Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Can a Nigerian Win the Nobel Prize in any of the Sciences? : A Facebook Dialogue

I have heard or read:

He worked in a patent office, as a clark, where he came in contact with all new inventions and ideas of the time.

He was a theoretical physicist and was not able to secure academic position.

He had the brains, he had some time.

It is not always easy to draw straight lines from one's world lines to outcomes.

On Oct 6, 2022, at 6:56 AM, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:



Can a Nigerian Win the Nobel Prize in any of the Sciences?

Muyiwa Aladeyelu:

If you have the same brain as Einstein but you are a lecturer in Nigeria, you can't win a Nobel Prize in science. It's almost impossible. The same reason a player in clubs like Madrid or Barca will find it easier to win Ballon d'Or than his counterpart in smaller clubs like Chelsea and Manchester City. Take it or leave it, your location is MORE important than your talent. Have you not heard? TALENT is universal but opportunity is not. No matter how good some seeds are, they can't grow in certain soils. For any meaningful harvest, the seed must be compatible with the soil. Therefore, Nobel Prize in science stuff is almost a mission impossible for someone in Nigeria.

My Response: But Einstein was not working in an academic institution when he did the research that got him the Nobel Prize for Physics

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