An exceptional case, but he makes a good point: (from http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2007/capecchi-autobio.html http://nobelprize.org/nob

An exceptional case, but he makes a good point: (from http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2007/capecchi-autobio.html http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2007/c... ) At a critical time, when I was contemplating leaving Harvard as a faculty member and going to Utah, he, being familiar with my self-sufficiency, counseled me that I could do good science anywhere. The move turned out to be a good decision. In Utah I had the luxury to pursue long-term projects that were not readily possible at Harvard, which, in too many cases had become a bastion of short-term gratification.