Originally Posted by aquinas
I couldn't agree more. I could go on at length, but I don't want to give you cataracts.

*Mumbles something about automatic revenue elevators and a fixed 24 hour working capacity. Bashes head against wall.*

Some of them will come from outsiders: people who opted out and work a low-impact or part-time job that meets their financial needs while they work away on what will turn out to be something that will disrupt their fields.

I read recently that there's an initiative to encourage theoretical physics in Africa (here's one institute). If I remember correctly, the idea is to encourage physicists who haven't been immersed in current trends, with the hope being that they might have fresh insights that others have missed.