I think you’re probably right, but that “proof” is too strong? FHI’s research agenda seems more “out there”, and more potentially controversial, than GPI’s, in a way that could plausibly make collaboration with the current department leadership impossible for FHI even with excellent leadership, or at least impossible without making self-defeating concessions. (To be clear, I don’t think this is likely to be the case.)
Yeah I was definitely using the word “proof” colloquially and not literally. My understanding from inside info though is that FHI’s issues with Oxford have very little to do with their choice of research agenda. I think this is also clear from outside info (FHI had a similar research agenda for a long time and had university support).
I think you’re probably right, but that “proof” is too strong? FHI’s research agenda seems more “out there”, and more potentially controversial, than GPI’s, in a way that could plausibly make collaboration with the current department leadership impossible for FHI even with excellent leadership, or at least impossible without making self-defeating concessions. (To be clear, I don’t think this is likely to be the case.)
Yeah I was definitely using the word “proof” colloquially and not literally. My understanding from inside info though is that FHI’s issues with Oxford have very little to do with their choice of research agenda. I think this is also clear from outside info (FHI had a similar research agenda for a long time and had university support).