[ExI] Religious Idiocy Triumphs Over Science Yet Again

[John Clark]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Giovanni Santostasi <gsantostasi at gmail.com>
wrote:

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

​Certainly.

John K Clark ​



>
> 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 today the Hawaiian Supreme Court rescinded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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