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 of Biology Institution & Country Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA I like the Dalai Lama's but only as a man of peace not as a respected speaker on science. Religion should be kept out of SFN."
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"Title(s) Professor and Chairman Institution & Country Columbia University SfN is not the appropriate forum to host this type of presentation"
"Title(s) Gill Distinguished Chair; Loyd B. Sands Distinguished Chair; Director&Professor HHMI & Center for Basic Neuroscience Institution & Country U Texas Southwestern, USA В"
"Title(s) Against Dalai Lama's Lecture Institution & Country Japan I don't think Dalai Lama's lecture will be a bridge between science and society as expected. The attendees of SfN won't benefit much from his lecture."
"Title(s) Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Institution & Country Duke University Medical Center Do you honestly think that he has nothing to say that could inform our scientific pursuits? Maybe, maybe not. But if you don't want to hear him speak, the"
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"Title(s) Associate Clinical Professor of Reproductive Biology Institution & Country Case School of Medicine Lighten up, let him speak and listen. You do not have to agree with anything he says, but it will widen your horizon. If only evidence based i"
"Title(s) PhD Institution & Country Inserm, cnrs, University Paris 5, France В"
"Title(s) Dr. Institution & Country USA The only people wanting to ban the Dalai Lama from speaking are the Chinese. Last I heard America was a free country. If the Chinese want to boycott it, they are free to boycott SFN completely over this. Good Ri"
"Title(s) postdoctoral research fellow Institution & Country Hospital for Sick Children, Canada В"
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"Title(s) Mr. Institution & Country Nortel Canada I am not a scientist. But it doesn't take much brain to figure out that DL's agenda is politically motivated at the first place.. So what is the problem even if Chinese scholars oppose it? If some peop"
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"Title(s) M.D., Ph.D. Institution & Country University of Texas Medical Branch "Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's." (Luke 20:25). So, give Dalai Lama a podium in a Budist temple if any body wants, but save the forum for a "
