If we have a finite number of publically-supported research labs, I would prefer they be operated by people having scientific discovery as the foremost priority in their lives. I don't believe there are so few of them that we need to make do with people trying to fit it in as a day job around the mundane things they prefer. (Actually there's a surplus of people with this calling compared to positions we fund, judging by PhDs' horror stories about finding work.)
Also, that incivility was uncalled for. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html