Opposing Views – TimBatchelder

Is Buddhism the most bio-scientifically accurate religion?

September 16, 2011February 11, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

A map of the world, showing the major religion... — A map of the world, showing the major religions distributed in the world as of today. A different type of map which views only the religion as a whole excluding denominations or sects of the religions, and is colored by how the religions are distributed not by main religion of country etc. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Buddhism: The Most Accurate World Religion? – Boston.com.

New research reveals Christianity’s Buddhist roots (examiner.com)
Six Tibet Facts get Travelers Thinking about This Year’s Tibet Vacation Tour: Devin Moore’s New Tibet Travel Tips and Facts (prweb.com)

AlterNet: alternative media

August 22, 2009February 9, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

No Alternative — No Alternative (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

10 Ways School Reformers Get It Wrong (downes.ca)
Fukushima Fuel Pools Are an American National Security Issue (ritholtz.com)

Why Sufi Muslims could be our most valuable allies in the fight against extremism

November 12, 2008November 12, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital Health, Knowledge Management

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Why Sufi Muslims, for centuries the most ferocious soldiers of Islam, could be our most valuable allies in the fight against extremism – The Boston Globe.

Interesting article that shows the value of understanding ethnography and underlying spiritual traditions in the fight against terrorism. We incorrectly classify all muslims as terrorists.

Should Anthropologists Help Contain the Taliban? (time.com)
Can the U.S. Leave Behind “Afghan-Sustainable” Military Bases? (world.time.com)
Ghostlike Robot Goes for All-Terrain Action (news.discovery.com)
FBI wants safer terrain before heading to Libya (cnn.com)