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EDIT: I believe that my kneejerk reaction of immediately assuming that "rich countries can afford luxuries like chocolate in larger quantities and also have more money to spend on universities along with better relationships with the people deciding who gets these awards" is correct and these people have to be acting in bad faith.
Like, chocolate makes you smarter seems like a wild leap to make.