Merton and Scholes won the 1997 Noble price for the same discovery, but were unable to control themselves and use it safely within their circles of competence. (thecharlieton.com)
In the ideal case, once a single human acquires a bit of knowledge about the world, he or she can transmit it to all other humans via language, so nobody else has to independently make that same discovery. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Just because an innvoator came along that was Jewish and made a contribution, doesn't mean that someone in the same field (who wasn't Jewish) wasn't far away from the same discovery / contribution to society. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)