Has the Nobel Prize evolved into a driving force for scientific progress or a hindrance?

The Nobel Prize has been awarded for neutrino-related work five times now; where exactly is this leading the paths of countless scientific researchers? When Alfred Nobel established the prize, the aim was to recognize contributions that benefited humanity—even if only one such contribution was made in a given year. Initially, the awarded projects were grounded in reason and stood up to logical scrutiny; however, we have since seen the emergence of numerous concepts bordering on the metaphysical—such as "dead-and-alive cats," electron clouds, the uncertainty principle, and the spatial quantization of atomic spin. So many erroneous concepts have been written into textbooks to educate future generations; surely, revealing the facts and correcting these errors is far more important than the study of neutrinos. The Nobel Prize is a private Swedish award, so their actions are beyond reproach—yet its prestige and credibility in the public eye have diminished significantly.