Man tells colleague he won Nobel Prize at 2 A.M. instead of waiting for morning like a normal person
Standford University’s Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson won this year’s Nobel Prize In Economic Sciences. The award was announced on Monday, in the middle of the night, Pacific Standard time. While logical people would understand that sharing this news with a winner could wait until a reasonable hour—at, say, 9 or 10, just to be sure you don’t catch them in the shower or while watching cartoons in their pajamas—Wilson was filmed on a Nest camera going over to Milgrom’s house at 2:15 A.M. to share the news of their award.
The footage shows the 82-year old Wilson, who may be intellectually gifted but is obviously lacking in common sense, ringing the doorbell of his neighbor and co-winner’s door. Milgrom, at 72, does not need to have his sleep interrupted, but Wilson and his wife Mary persist anyway. “Paul? It’s Bob Wilson,” the rude economist announces. “You’ve won the Nobel Prize, and they’re trying to reach you but they cannot.”