If you want to do research, you don't have too much alternatives. Often, teaching is considered as a necessary evil, or a distraction. That's indeed unfortunat

If you want to do research, you don't have too much alternatives. Often, teaching is considered as a necessary evil, or a distraction. That's indeed unfortunate. Maybe the two should not be as tightly coupled as they are. That being said, even if James loved teaching, that wouldn't really change his thesis in the least.