Talk:John Templeton Foundation

Humility theology

Something should be said about this:

• https://www.templeton.org/grant/the-philosophy-and-theology-of-intellectual-humility

--evrik ^(talk) 19:25, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

• Are there reliable secondary sources reporting on this? We would need those to demonstrate its noteworthiness for inclusion in a Wikipedia article. BD2412 T 02:58, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Climate change denial

I think this section is misleading. The linked article doesn't mention the Templeton Foundation. Instead, it features a blurry version of a figure from a paper. Interestingly, the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program is also listed in the same figure (Figure 1), so by the same reasoning I guess it would count as a funder of climate change denial, which seems strange to me. Figure 2 from the paper reveals the author's methodology – based on how I'm reading it, these are the organizations the author considers part of the "climate change counter-movement (CCCM)." Basically, they are conservative think tanks that do work on a variety of topics. My understanding is that Templeton funds specific proposals, rather than giving lump sums of money to organizations. So the author never established that Templeton funds climate change denialism itself, just that it has some kind of relationship with organizations which have been involved with climate change denial. So I think the link between Templeton and climate change denial is weak at best, and should probably be removed from the article unless some nuance can be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter.Story (talk • contribs) 15:42, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

References

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I've removed this from the 'Religious funding' section:

Sunny Bains of University College London Faculty of Engineering Science claimed that there is "evidence of cronyism (especially in the awarding of those million-dollar-plus Templeton prizes), a misleading attempt to move away from using religious language (without changing the religious agenda), [and] the funding of right-wing anti-science groups". Bains feels that grants from the foundation "blur the line between science and religion". Bains' claims have been disputed by Josh Rosenau of the National Center for Science Education, who wrote that "the story [Bains] wrote is not convincing", stating that "[k]ey assertions are couched in equivocal language that relies on her judgment or her assumptions, not on any evidence offered to the reader", and that "[o]bvious opportunities for detailed investigation – financial records, grantmaking decisions, interviews with Templeton staff, interviews with grantees, examination of correspondence between grantees and Templeton – are entirely absent".

References

Bains' post is a relatively short comment or letter to the editor to the Association of British Science Writers in 2011. This doesn't appear to be due weight. The response appears to be a blog post, and specifically says. "There's good reason for the scrutiny". Perhaps at the time it was significant, but over a decade later this looks like an academic WP:FART. Grayfell (talk) 22:45, 23 December 2024 (UTC)