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) Project Scientist Institution & Country UC Irvine, USA This lecture is an (I am sure unintentional) endorsement of a particular religious practice, and is therefore inappropriate for the SfN annual meeting"
"Title(s) Senior Research Investigator Institution & Country Dept. of Physiology, Univesrsity of Pennsylvania With all respect to the distingwished religious leader, SFN is not an appropriate meeting for presenting interesting and controvesial religio"
"Title(s) doctor Institution & Country Georgia Institute of Technology В"
"Title(s) dr Institution & Country University of Fribourg / Switzerland В"
"Title(s) Professor Institution & Country Depts. of Neurology and Palliative Medicine, Univ. of Munich, Germany I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION. Looking beyond the borders of "western" science is an excellent way to broaden our scientific horizon. In a"
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"Title(s) religion is non-science Institution & Country The Open Mind Institute No religion is scientific, yet many SFN members are believers in god. A religious person can still give a talk that is relevant to science. It happens every year at the SF"
"Title(s) Graduate Student Institution & Country OUHSC US Sciece should be equal to all religions and nationalities, however, Dalai is a more political figure than a religion leader and his presence will be so inappropriate and laughable."
"Title(s) Dr. Institution & Country China To those who disagree with this petition: start your own petition. By signing this, you have agreed to it. This is not the place to debate the issue. This high school behavior is unprofessional at best."
"Title(s) Mr Institution & Country China who is dalai"
"Title(s) Research Associate Professor Institution & Country Michgan State University, USA В"
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"Title(s) PhD Institution & Country University of Cambridge, England Inviting the Dalai Lama to lecture on neuroscience of meditation is of poor scientific taste."
"Title(s) Just Institution & Country Relax After reading the of the signers, it seems that the speaker's political opposition of China is as much of a concern as his religious message. You can not reply to the sender of the email, I wonder who autho"
"Title(s) research fellow Institution & Country Vanderbilt university, USA I support the petition, I believe this arrange is at least in part due to political reason, because everyone knows Dalai is against China"
"Title(s) Editor-chief Institution & Country Magazine / Germany В"
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"Title(s) PhD student Institution & Country PCB-UB Science and religion shouldn't be mixed"
"Title(s) Editor-chief Institution & Country Magazine / Germany В"
"Title(s) chinese fried rice Institution & Country china where is my fortune cookie you waiters :-))"
"Title(s) President Institution & Country SfN What was I thinking! I forgot how many Chinese imperialists are now serving as cheap labor in laboratories around the world."
