Or tenured professors in fields where they could get paid a lot better if they went private, yet they don't? That's basically a position that makes money go aw

Or tenured professors in fields where they could get paid a lot better if they went private, yet they don't? That's basically a position that makes money go away as an immediate problem, and then the rest of the appeal is having one's hobby as one's job. Scientific freedom and intrinsic value.