It is quite plausible that the Noble Prize is given to more credentialed people, either for the work/ideas of others or over the more important work/ideas of others, because they are credentialed. There’s also a huge selection effect of who chooses to get a PhD, and a large time delay so you’re measuring what a PhD used to be when it meant something different.
I also don’t think MD is the same thing as a PhD in context, and it is quite the credential—doing the things an MD does without an MD isn’t hard to fund, it’s outright illegal.
Another way to measure things might be to take a historical list of important discoveries-yet-to-be-made, and look at the credentials of the person who made them. This sounds like it needs a longer fact post, so I’ll have that up when I get a chance.
It is quite plausible that the Noble Prize is given to more credentialed people, either for the work/ideas of others or over the more important work/ideas of others, because they are credentialed. There’s also a huge selection effect of who chooses to get a PhD, and a large time delay so you’re measuring what a PhD used to be when it meant something different.
I also don’t think MD is the same thing as a PhD in context, and it is quite the credential—doing the things an MD does without an MD isn’t hard to fund, it’s outright illegal.
Another way to measure things might be to take a historical list of important discoveries-yet-to-be-made, and look at the credentials of the person who made them. This sounds like it needs a longer fact post, so I’ll have that up when I get a chance.