Dalai Lama Gets Templeton Prize For Science According To Templeton

Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 03:31 in Mathematics & Economics

Tenzin Gyatso, who some call “Dalai Lama” and other funny names, has been awarded the 2012 Templeton Prize, as announced here, and if you look at the given justification, you could be excused for mistaking the Templeton Prize for a straight science award and Tenzin for a scientist. Tenzin has supposedly a“long-standing engagement with multiple dimensions of science” “Specifically, he encourages serious scientific investigative reviews of the power of compassion and its broad potential to address the world's fundamental problems” read more

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