Also, note that the ‘Blue LED’ was not originally my example at all, someone else brought it up as an example.
Then maybe you shouldn’t be trying to defend it (or your other two examples of engines and programming languages, for that matter), especially given that you still have not explained how ‘the LED’ could have been given a Nobel ever inasmuch as everyone involved was dead.
It seems like you are failing to get my points at all. First, I am defending the point that blue LEDs are unworthy because the blue LED is not worthy of the award, but I corrected your claiming it was my example. Second, you are the only one making this about snubbing at all. I explicitly told you that I don’t care about snubbing arguments. Comparisons are used for other reasons than snubbing. Third, since this isn’t about snubbing, it doesn’t matter at all whether or not the LED could have been given the award.
Then maybe you shouldn’t be trying to defend it (or your other two examples of engines and programming languages, for that matter), especially given that you still have not explained how ‘the LED’ could have been given a Nobel ever inasmuch as everyone involved was dead.
It seems like you are failing to get my points at all. First, I am defending the point that blue LEDs are unworthy because the blue LED is not worthy of the award, but I corrected your claiming it was my example. Second, you are the only one making this about snubbing at all. I explicitly told you that I don’t care about snubbing arguments. Comparisons are used for other reasons than snubbing. Third, since this isn’t about snubbing, it doesn’t matter at all whether or not the LED could have been given the award.