GovernanceGovernance
Ambition requires discipline.
An institution with a broad mandate requires stronger governance, not weaker governance.
—May Include
Board oversight
Scientific advisory bodies
Investment committees
Research ethics
Financial controls
External audit
Conflict-of-interest policies
Risk committees
Legal review
Independent technical review
Grant review
Institutional continuity planning
No person, project, investment, or theory becomes exempt from scrutiny because it is close to power.
—Scientific Integrity
Apex Plenitude should clearly distinguish —
evidence from interpretation
correlation from causation
theory from observation
possibility from feasibility
confidence from certainty
faith claims from empirical claims
Intellectual ambition cannot become an excuse for epistemic disorder.