Droppin’ Science on the Sangha
by Danny Fisher
“CRASH COURSE: Jed Brody, a physics teacher from Emory College, lecturing to a class of Tibetan monks.” Photo by Ajay Pillarisetti for the New York Times.
The New York Times reports on Tibetan monastics taking a four-week crash course in physics, biology, neuroscience, math, logic taught by faculty from Atlanta’s Emory University. Take a look.
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Hey Danny,
I had some problems with this article, which you can read about here. I'd love to know whether you agree with me, and hope I wasn't too harsh on the NYT writer.
http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnsblog/block_that_dichotomy/
all best,
Daniel
Excellent points, Daniel! Thanks for making them.
http://chaplaindanny.blogspot.com/2009/07/block-that-dichotomy.html