The point (as I read it) isn't that money is not a good motivator. However, if you are talking about something like the next penicillin, then your potential to

The point (as I read it) isn't that money is not a good motivator. However, if you are talking about something like the next penicillin, then your potential to monetize dwarfs the million dollar reward. That money would be better spent to incentive things that would not otherwise make the person rich.