[ExI] Religious Idiocy Triumphs Over Science Yet Again

[Giovanni Santostasi]

John,
Can I post your comment on Scientific Transhumanism FB group (of course
with due credit).

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scientific.transhumanism/

Giovanni

On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 3:16 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 today the Hawaiian Supreme Court rescinded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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