“We merely select the candidates according to the rules, and according to the nature of their contribution. Edie is obviously the outstanding candidate in medicine for this year. It deserves the prize. We would be compromising with principle if we did not award it fairly.”
“I suppose you’re right,” Eklund said gloomily. “I can’t think of any reasonable excuse to deny the award.”
“Nor I,” Carlstrom said. “But what did you mean by that remark about this being the king’s problem?”
“You forget,” Christianson said mildly. “Of all of us, the king has the most difficult part. As you know, the Nobel Prize is formally presented at a State banquet.”
“Well?”
“His Majesty is the host,” Christianson said. “And just how does one eat dinner with an electronic computer?”
THE END
Transcriber's Notes
This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact and Science Fiction April 1961. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.