Talk:Robert Aumann

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PSI is clearly a far-right organisation. You can read on their own website that they are at the right of Sharon and Likud.

http://www.professors.org.il/

Just do not stop at the front page, where they define themselves as a "non-partisan organization of academics united by a shared concern for the security and the Jewish character of the State of Israel", which had been directly copy-pasted to Wikipedia.

Read on the "PSI statements" section and you will see that they have tried to lobby Sharon's governement (which belongs to the right-wing party) to disengage the settlements from Gaza. They say that Sharon's decision is "ethnic cleansing".

http://www.professors.org.il/releases/08aug05.htm

They also totally oppose the creation of a palestinian state :

http://www.professors.org.il/releases/14feb03.htm

They strongly oppose Sharon's governement.

82.230.102.65 21:55, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

The Nobel Committee must have been aware of Aumann's political activity, and still regarded his work worthy of a prize. By extension, the prize should have been denied to Arafat, who never officially distanced himself from terrorism. Isn't it ironic that a scientist whose scientific interest is to study the origins of war is called a "warmonger" by his detractors? JFW | T@lk 17:49, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

The controversy is well spread by now and a wikipedia article should somehow refer to it, especially as it is "ironic" that his studies are related to conflict research. He is said to oppose disarmament which in its own is quite controversial. Arafats prize is much more controversial, especially for being a peace prize, and this is also stated on several places in wikipedia. 130.225.79.64 (talk • contribs)

Suppresses sarcastic comment about unilateral disarmament. The article does cover Aumann's membership of PSI, and the reader is invited to form his own opinion, which is perhaps the core principle of WP:NPOV. JFW | T@lk 17:32, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Please respect the right to discuss Aumann's Political use of game threory

It seems that a few "good friends" of Auman take care to revert anything that criticise his political usage of his public appearances.

As scientists, we should educate the people about what belong to science, especially game theory, and what depends on personal assesment of a political situation.

Auman shamefully uses his position to claim on Israeli TV that "game theory " justifies his extreme right wing views.. This is incorrect and we have a right to discuss this.

Discuss, yes. On this talk page. But in the article you have no right to edit at all if you cannot adhere to WP:NPOV and WP:NOR. If you write "Similar codes were also found in works of fiction as "war and peace", making the whole bible code affair another example how people with scientific background can sometimes miserably lose their common sense" you are imposing your opinion on the reader, something that no encyclopedia would ever do. Similarly saying that he was criticised for using game theory to explain political views without mentioning the critics means that you are the critic. Your edits will be reverted until you can adhere to those basic policies. You will find that you can say more or less the same things in an acceptable way. JFW | T@lk 22:10, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aumann's wisdom

I just added Aumann's latest views on Israeli politics. Finally he seems to have acknowledged the obvious fact that Israel is in troble. His proposed remedy, however, is surprisingly refreshing..

Adinov 02:12, 15 February 2007 (UTC)