The Dalai Lama, who once said he would have been an engineer if he hadnââ?¬â?¢t become a monk, has been invited to speak at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, in November ââ?¬â?? to the distress of some society members who are boycotting the meeting.
Richard Davidson, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and lead investigator in the study, said he shares concern about the ââ?¬Å?slippery slopeââ?¬Â of involving religion in science. However, he helped set up the talk by the Dalai Lama because it could ââ?¬Å?encourage increased attention to these domains of inquiry,ââ?¬Â which he thinks hold potential for improving health.