18 of the Nobel signatories won their award in the field of Medicine or Economics. This was not meant to be a narrow letter. They had the Physicists and Chemists in for the physical sciences applications and the Medics and Economists to provide support for policy pronouncements and analysis of the world situation. I think that covers any criticism of them sticking their nose where it doesn't belong.
How do you know they already formed absolutist conclusions? How do you know they didn't come into it with an open mind to analyze the subject before forming their opinion and then adding their name to the proclamation?
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