Very true. I guess in my original comment I meant to imply this in talking about blue sky thinking and following through on it. For me this is work which is ori

Very true. I guess in my original comment I meant to imply this in talking about blue sky thinking and following through on it. For me this is work which is original, out of leftfield, probably intrinsically motivated and which you have the time to follow through on deeply for a sustained period of time. I definitely agree on this being a factor in his, and likely several other, Nobel wins