The article heavily promotes the idea of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J, where both the authors of the article are situated. Richard Feynman rather famously argued against places like that: http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/52/2/dignified.htm
“Nothing happens because there’s not enough real activity and challenge: You’re not in contact with the experimental guys. You don’t have to think how to answer questions from the students. Nothing!”
“Nothing happens because there’s not enough real activity and challenge: You’re not in contact with the experimental guys. You don’t have to think how to answer questions from the students. Nothing!”