The NRC recruits the best people, as do Canadian universities and companies, the people who can help us meet our goals. As for a Mr. Feynman who might be washing cars on the weekend, the only chance he would have of being discovered is if he ultimately washed a car belonging to someone who realized that he was in the presence of a great thinker, or perhaps a Nobel Prize laureate. Otherwise, it comes down to fate.
On May 6th, 2008. See this statement in context.