Many "overly educated" (for lack of nice way to say it) just seem to often waste time on idealistic issues. It would take a while to give a decent example, but they just seem to not understand the business world and capitalism. The Newton example is not applicable because it's usually not about discovery, but weighing tradeoffs. I don't mind their personal R&D, just don't make the customer pay for or wait too long for the R&D. After work, they can invent all they want.