[aklsync]

These questions, while valid, should not matter. People who had to work in Los Alamos would perhaps have preferred a location in Manhattan, too.

There is an oversupply of scientists who would do anything to work in their fields. One could also question if this sort of research has ever produced anything valuable (I'm not in the field, genuine question).

[indymike]

> There is an oversupply of scientists who would do anything to work in their fields.

I'm pretty sure that's not true, and assumes that people will rationally accept a bad deal. Personal experience is that the better educated a worker is, the higher their expectations are for how they are treated. Example: tenured faculty at a college.