Comment by uniqueuid

I'm not sure everyone got my hint that the proposal is obviously very bad,

(1) because ivy league also produces a lot of work that's not so great (i.e. wrong (looking at you, Ariely) or un-ambitious) and

(2) because from time to time, some really important work comes out of surprising places.

I don't think we have a good verdict on the Orthega hypothesis yet, but I'm not a professional meta scientist.

That said, your proposal seems like a really good idea, I like it! Except I'd apply it to individuals and/or labs.