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) professor Institution & Country Albany Medical College, USA I am a devout Christian, but I believe that this topic has no business being presented by a leader of any religion without there being a rigorous scientific basis, which has yet to "
"Title(s) Asst Scientist Institution & Country OHSU, USA Hmmm, I wonder could the anonymous authors of this petition possibly be from China, and could they perhaps be politically motivated????"
"Title(s) Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Neuroscience & Professor Institution & Country Medical College Georgia В"
"Title(s) PhD Institution & Country University of Oxford, UK В"
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"Title(s) Professor Institution & Country Vanderbilt University Medical Center Although I hold the Dalai Lama in high regard, this sets a terrible precedent with other groups that have agendas contrary to the principles of the Society."
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"Title(s) Research Scientist Institution & Country University of Texas-Houston Medical School В"
"Title(s) Administration Assistant Institution & Country Psychiatric and Behavior Cancel Dalai Lama Speech!"
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"Title(s) Dalai Lama Institution & Country Free Tibet I learn as much from a turtle as from a religious text"
"Title(s) Ph.D. student (MS) Institution & Country University of Texas at Dallas, USA I would very much like to hear the Dalai Lama, however I agree that it is inappropriate for SfN2005."
"Title(s) Research Scientist Institution & Country Abbott Labs, USA It is abolutely not acceptable to invite a religious person to talk in a scientific forum"
"Title(s) Dalai Lama Institution & Country Free Tibet The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance. Tolerance is an important virtue of bodhisattvas [enlightened heroes and heroines] -- it enables you to refrain from react"
"Title(s) Sr. Nuclear Weapons Developer Institution & Country Children's Hospital of Beijing not appropriate"
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"Title(s) Professor Emeritus Institution & Country University of Toronto В"
"Title(s) Scientist Institution & Country Lilly Research Lab This invitation will greatly damage this scientific organization that has a great reputation. It is totally wrong."
"Title(s) Mr. Institution & Country China He is a lier, a traitor."
"Title(s) Professor, D. Arts Institution & Country Hogwarts, England The Dalai Lama coming to speak at SfN is akin to Voldemort speaking at our venerable institution. It is blasphemy, and should not be allowed."
"Title(s) Ph.D. student Institution & Country University of Saskatchewan, Canada His lecture must be far from any area of neuroscience, and he is also a questionable politician. The aim of Science is to develop the society, not to confuse it."
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