[ExI] Religious Idiocy Triumphs Over Science Yet Again

[John Clark]

The Thirty Meter Telescope on top of Mauna Kea would have been by far the
largest telescope in the world
​,​
but
​ now it looks like it will never be built because​
today the Hawaiian Supreme Court rescinded
​its​
 construction permit
​;
they think ​
it would offend the religious sensibilities of the native Hawaiians who
believe
​ the place​
​is not really a​
 mountain
​but ​
is "Wao Akua," the realm of the
​G​
ods where the Earth Mother met the Sky Father
​,​

​or some such crapola. The court decreed that building an instrument that
would teach us more about the universe would somehow defile the sacredness
of the place.
So in the fight between cosmology and
Wao Akua
​ ​the law decreed that
Wao Akua
​ and ignorance is more important than Science and knowledge. The
Republican presidential candidates should be pleased.

  John K Clark ​
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