Only stands to reason, though, since people tend to bet for people they have heard about. And those don't usually get the nobel prize. 
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world" - Calvin.
With the Nobel Literature Prize set to be awarded tomorrow, here's a current betting pool
- 10/10/2012 11:31:45 PM
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She totally deserves it.
- 11/10/2012 12:09:19 AM
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Totally.
- 11/10/2012 12:18:46 AM
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I'm sure the medal could double as a branding iron for S/M games. *NM*
- 11/10/2012 12:38:37 AM
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Bob Dylan? Really? That's so excessive I don't know where to begin.
- 11/10/2012 12:36:54 AM
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I don't know if I'd say "so excessive," but then again, I'm a fan of his songwriting
- 11/10/2012 05:40:35 AM
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Sure, and Sir Mix-a-Lot had a catchy number, too, but he's not nominated.
- 11/10/2012 01:56:00 PM
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I suspect those odds doesn't reflect reality much.
- 11/10/2012 06:30:47 AM
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And the winner is: Mo Yan
- 11/10/2012 12:10:45 PM
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I saw the movie of Red Sorghum in Chinese Cinema class in undergrad.
- 11/10/2012 01:59:48 PM
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Over on Westeros, I kept seeing speculation months ago that it would be him
- 11/10/2012 05:42:34 PM
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Me neither, but that movie won a Golden Palm at Cannes if I'm not mistaken. *NM*
- 11/10/2012 10:36:52 PM
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The link takes me to betting on sports personalities or some such
- 11/10/2012 04:13:36 PM
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