http://milindasquestions.com/2006/08/29/guide-to-foundational-questions-about-templeton/ a blog about meditation, Buddhism, the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, psychopharmacology, etc. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:18:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://milindasquestions.com/2006/08/29/guide-to-foundational-questions-about-templeton/#comment-920 Meaning of Life TV at Milinda’s Questions Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:14:05 +0000 http://milindasquestions.com/?p=83#comment-920 [...] I’ve mentioned Meaning of Life TV before. Sponsored by the Templeton Foundation and appearing in Slate, it might be thought of as Robert Wright’s bid to become the Bill Moyers of the Internet by interviewing prominent scientists and “spiritual leaders” on various heady matters. In one respect the Slate interface can be slightly misleading: the link on the main page takes you to a page with a video screen in the middle, above which is a heading announcing the interviewee and the topic: e.g., “Robert Wright interviews Joe Fonebone on the price of cheese.” To the left of the screen appears a list headed “Joe Fonebone on other topics.” This might give one the impression that Wright has interviewed each of these folks multiple times, when in fact he’s only sat down with each one of them once (in most cases, at least.) The AV track of each interview has been divided up into short segments, each corresponding to one of the topics listed to the left of the screen. The written transcript linked to on each page runs straight through from the beginning of the interview to the end, though, and it can be a bit difficult to locate the portion of the text that corresponds to a particular AV segment. (Each transcript has periodic timestamps, which provide convenient reference points within the text.) [...] [...] I’ve mentioned Meaning of Life TV before. Sponsored by the Templeton Foundation and appearing in Slate, it might be thought of as Robert Wright’s bid to become the Bill Moyers of the Internet by interviewing prominent scientists and “spiritual leaders” on various heady matters. In one respect the Slate interface can be slightly misleading: the link on the main page takes you to a page with a video screen in the middle, above which is a heading announcing the interviewee and the topic: e.g., “Robert Wright interviews Joe Fonebone on the price of cheese.” To the left of the screen appears a list headed “Joe Fonebone on other topics.” This might give one the impression that Wright has interviewed each of these folks multiple times, when in fact he’s only sat down with each one of them once (in most cases, at least.) The AV track of each interview has been divided up into short segments, each corresponding to one of the topics listed to the left of the screen. The written transcript linked to on each page runs straight through from the beginning of the interview to the end, though, and it can be a bit difficult to locate the portion of the text that corresponds to a particular AV segment. (Each transcript has periodic timestamps, which provide convenient reference points within the text.) [...]

]]> http://milindasquestions.com/2006/08/29/guide-to-foundational-questions-about-templeton/#comment-883 Steve Esser Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:23:04 +0000 http://milindasquestions.com/?p=83#comment-883 Hi Alan. It's great to see all the new posts at Milinda's Questions! Hi Alan. It’s great to see all the new posts at Milinda’s Questions!

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