>is money really the biggest limiting factor? Kind of... To begin with, science jobs pay poorly, and a lot of exceptionally intelligent people choose high payi

>is money really the biggest limiting factor? Kind of... To begin with, science jobs pay poorly, and a lot of exceptionally intelligent people choose high paying but ultimately ~zero-sum jobs like law and investment banking. And then there is the continual struggle for funding, which absorbs a good part of the scientists' time and energy.