I believe your wrong on this one especially in the US where many top graduates in psychics and maths will work for the government agencies for periods of time.
Shows how much you know...Stephen Hawkings is not well respected in the field of theortical physics..i believe he placed last or second to last on a list of 12-15 therotical physics who made the biggest impact. Everyone outside the field thinks he is the genius everyone in the field thinks he is bottom of the list
Getting back on track, this kid kicks ass. This is were mankind needs to focus: unraveling the mysteries of the universe. If there is a God out there, I think we'll find by trying to understand the universe. And if there is no God, so be it. Either way we need to keeping struggling to understand. That's my belief anyway. I get strange kind of high from the endeavor.l
IAS isn't run by or owned by Princeton University. In fact, it has no connection to P.U. Why can't journalists get basic facts straight?