If the quotation from their placeholder website on somertva’s tumblr is to be believed, it’s a “sister site” of fqxi.org. This worries me a little—FQXI is funded by the John Templeton Foundation, which has its own agenda and one I don’t much care for. Is FLI also Templeton-funded? I’m not aware that Templeton has had any particular malign influence on FQXI, though, and the people at this new organization don’t seem like they’ve been cherry-picked for (e.g.) religion-friendliness, so maybe it’s OK.
No, FLI has nothing to do with the Templeton Foundation. The website was a “sister site” of the FQXi site, because both organizations are run by Max, and he wanted to keep the same web platform for simplicity.
If the quotation from their placeholder website on somertva’s tumblr is to be believed, it’s a “sister site” of fqxi.org. This worries me a little—FQXI is funded by the John Templeton Foundation, which has its own agenda and one I don’t much care for. Is FLI also Templeton-funded? I’m not aware that Templeton has had any particular malign influence on FQXI, though, and the people at this new organization don’t seem like they’ve been cherry-picked for (e.g.) religion-friendliness, so maybe it’s OK.
No, FLI has nothing to do with the Templeton Foundation. The website was a “sister site” of the FQXi site, because both organizations are run by Max, and he wanted to keep the same web platform for simplicity.
That’s encouraging. Thanks for the information!