Against Dalai Lama's Lecture at SfN2005
We are concerned that SfN has invited the Dalai Lama to give a talk at the 2005 annual meeting in Washington D.C..With more than 36,000 members, SfN is a highly respected organization for neuroscienti... continue reading »
"Title(s) Research Assistant Professor Institution & Country Washington University at St Louis Science belongs to science, simple and clear"
"Title(s) Ph.D. chemistry grad student Institution & Country UCLA Mainstream America associates the Lama with religion and politics and when this conference is publicized through the media we will, inadvertently, fuel right wing zealot's desire to br"
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"Title(s) b Institution & Country Dalai Lama My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."
"Title(s) Professor and Chair Institution & Country University of Houston Once one religious leader is invited to speak at SfN the floodgates are opened for others and I cannot see how one might formulate rational criteria about who to exclude and who"
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"Title(s) b Institution & Country Dalai Lama This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."
"Title(s) chinese fried rice Institution & Country china where is my fortune cookie you waiters :-))"
"Title(s) Director & President of the French Neuroscience Society Institution & Country CNRS France I support the petition:matters of faith and religion should be separated from matters of science."
"Title(s) bilililib Institution & Country bilililib ... youve got like the most experineced guy of meditation ...he could tell you some very interesting information.. compared to him u guys have like no idea about meditation... so why dont listen to h"
"Title(s) Ph.D. Candidate Institution & Country UT Dallas I object to his lecture"
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"Title(s) Assistant Professor Institution & Country Oregon Health & Science University The motivation for this event is unclear. The SfN meeting should remain a forum for disseminating neuroscience and the premier lectures should be reserved for w"
"Title(s) Associate Research Scientist Institution & Country Yale University, USA no political contamination in neuroscience!"
"Title(s) Dr. Institution & Country Johns Hopkins Medical school 02"
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"Title(s) chinese fried rice Institution & Country china where is my fortune cookie you waiters :-))"
"Title(s) Assoc. Professor Institution & Country Univ. of Michigan В"
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"Title(s) dr. Institution & Country TBI,USA I DO NOT SUPPORT Tthe petition. Just tell the Dalai Lama to not talk about religion or politics. He has absolutely unique insight into meditation, and I really want to hear about it. That's one of the things"
