There are some who say there were more deserving members on that team who didn't get recognition.
This seems to be the standard call for every science prize these days. I wonder if the Nobel committee will ever change their rules so they can start giving prizes to teams rather than 2-3 individuals.
That defeats the purpose of the prize, which is to inspire individuals (among other things). Fairness per se isn't the point.
Why not give the prize to a whole university, since the researchers couldn't do it without the admin staff and the students? Or to the whole country of taxpayers?
This seems to be the standard call for every science prize these days. I wonder if the Nobel committee will ever change their rules so they can start giving prizes to teams rather than 2-3 individuals.