But more than that, Mr. Davies was a risk taker with no obvious science-fiction credentials other than a fanatical lifelong devotion to "Doctor Who" and a headful of ideas about where to take it next.
Beyond some broad university budget cuts, the only obvious science-focused savings come from changing the funding timetable for the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI), a biology superlab planned for London.
The reason they are doing so is obvious: the science notwithstanding, no company wants to be cast as so heartless that it would deprive a seriously ill cancer patient of a drug that might offer hope, however slim.
It seemed obvious that science would confirm conclusions that had already been reached by abstract reasoning or handed down by Scripture — for example, that the ability to feel veneration is a "higher" attribute than the ability to perceive three-dimensional space.
It seemed obvious that science would confirm conclusions that had already been reached by abstract reasoning or handed down by Scripture for example, that the ability to feel veneration is a "higher" attribute than the ability to perceive three-dimensional space.
It's less obvious in science, but it's equally true.
But despite the current ubiquity of networks, it hasn't always been obvious to science that the connections between elements in any given network are, often, as interesting as the isolated network elements themselves, or that understanding one kind of network might shed light on others.
What do YOU think will be the blatantly obvious thing science will prove next?
