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In the feature ¡°The Francis Crick Institute: science and serendipity¡± (26?November 2015), Sir?John Savill says that the failure of The Francis Crick Institute would be ¡°unconscionable¡±, in?the same way that the failure of?the University of Edinburgh would be ¡°unconscionable¡±.

I?think we can all agree that the failure of the University of Edinburgh is unthinkable ¨C after all, it¡¯s more than 400 years old and was founded on a conventional educational footing.

The Francis Crick Institute, on?the other hand, has not yet reached its first birthday, and is founded on a speculative model of?science operation. Savill is not comparing like with like.

Jim Yelland
Via timeshighereducation.com

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