The Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion (especially spiritual information through science) is awarded each year to a living person who shows extraordinary originality in advancing humankind’s understanding of God.
Established in 1987, the Foundation’s mission is to serve as a philanthropic catalyst for discovery in areas engaging life’s biggest questions. These questions range from explorations into the laws of nature and the universe to questions on the nature of love, gratitude, forgiveness and creativity.
ETA: I wonder what LessWrong will look like in 13 years. :)
If you look at the history of the Templeton Prize and their other endeavors, you will find that they never gave an award or a grant to anybody who came up with the “wrong answers”. I mean, if they were really interested in “engaging life’s biggest questions” they would have given a Templeton to Dawkins for “The God Delusion”.
It’s interesting to compare the 1996 Templeton site:
to the current site:
Another one. Old:
New:
ETA: I wonder what LessWrong will look like in 13 years. :)
If you look at the history of the Templeton Prize and their other endeavors, you will find that they never gave an award or a grant to anybody who came up with the “wrong answers”. I mean, if they were really interested in “engaging life’s biggest questions” they would have given a Templeton to Dawkins for “The God Delusion”.
Thank you!!! That’s exactly what I’ve been looking for (on and off) for the last 20 minutes.