Did Sklansky say he Could have won a Nobel?

[MortalNuts]

The thing is, it's either an incredibly silly remark or a reasonably apt one, depending on what exactly he said.

I have known multiple Nobel laureates (in physics and chemistry). All were very bright. But I have also known other people who really were a lot smarter. Most (but not all) of these were physics or astrophysics faculty at good schools. Getting a Nobel depends on so many things -- dedication, chosen field, creativity, luck -- that I suggest that no one, no matter how bright, can say on the basis of intellectual firepower alone, "I would have had a greater than 50% chance to win a Nobel prize in physics."

cheers,

mn