>In the first half of the XXth century, there were relatively few scientists, and these scientists were generally not lavishly funded. But aren't there still s

>In the first half of the XXth century, there were relatively few scientists, and these scientists were generally not lavishly funded. But aren't there still some scientists who work outside of grant funding and prestige ratrace? People at industry research labs who don't write grants, and aren't trying to impress a tenure committee, for example. Shouldn't we be able to point to them and say, "look how much more productive they are"?