[andrewchambers]

All our current research rates might be dramatically improved if our best scientists don't die all the time.

[mrec]

Conversely, "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." -- Max Planck

(Usually paraphrased as "Science advances one funeral at a time.")

[SubiculumCode]

This is an over used crutch. Any truth in it comes mostly from a tendency to fund senior researchers over junior ones.