> The Nobel peace prize has had a long tendency of handing out awards short-sightedly for promises rather than solutions
And that is supposed to be a bad thing? If they only give out trophies for feats accomplished years ago that prize would be worthless decoration.
The whole point is that the prize offers acknowledgment and support. It is not magic, as you point out, but it does not have to be.
No, that is telling you you are asking the wrong question. They all started the same way and were intended to stay that way. For hard sciences they changed anyways because ..., this is not the case for this one.
They didn't change, the very first Nobel prizes in the other categories, including literature, so it's not just the hard sciences were awarded for lifetime achievements.
If you want to be condescending, at least have an idea of what you're talking about. Just stop now.
And that is supposed to be a bad thing? If they only give out trophies for feats accomplished years ago that prize would be worthless decoration. The whole point is that the prize offers acknowledgment and support. It is not magic, as you point out, but it does not have to be.