Well to be fair, everything important in AI is based on Jurgen's ideas!

J/K'ing. That said, Jurgen has done a lot of important work, and may well be a bit under-appreciated.

He does get a reference in the Nobel announcement, so he can console himself with that at least.

Good point. I suppose if one is going to not win the Nobel Prize, a decent "consolation prize" is at least being referenced in the prize announcement for whoever did win.