[ExI] Property rights to the summit/was Re: Religious Idiocy Triumphs Over Science Yet Again

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Dan TheBookMan <danust2012 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Dec 11, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki <rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Will Steinberg <steinberg.will at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I don't really care about whether the telescope gets built or not.  But I
>> do think the psychically significant and powerful nature of a sacred space
>> provides a lot of insight into the universe...maybe not in the same way as
>> a telescope.  The point is that the cthonic nature of the sacred space
>> means it cannot be moved.  It derives its power from its long-standing
>> location.
>>
>
> ### I do care that the telescope gets built. I do care about property
> rights, too. Do the chthonic believers have ownership in fee simple? If
> not, it's none of their business what the owners of the place use it for.
>
> If you want to protect what is sacred to you, buy it. Otherwise, get lost.
>
>
> The issue should turn whether they have a just claim to the area. (That
> might not be all that easy in practice, of course.) If they do, then it
> would be unjust to say they had to pay to get back what's theirs. If they
> don't, then the issue falls away.
>

### Exactly. Well-defined property rights to whatever is worth owning that
cannot be overruled by legislation or judicial activism, not even if claims
to sacred values are made, are extremely efficient in maximizing human
welfare.

Property rights are the sacred value.

Rafał
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