[ExI] The Thirty Meter Telescope is now officially dead

[William Flynn Wallace]

Everybody wants their own toys.  They don't want to have to borrow
something from the French department, even though the French dept. can
easily share the thing.   So - how do we know that the cancelled
observatory is really needed?  Why can't they buy some time on another's
scope?  I can hardly imagine that this is holding up the march of science.

bill w

On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 3:10 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> You’re being extremely smug and self-righteous but what does it help?
> You’re patting your back over being morally and intellectually better,
> which you consider to be the same. That’s nice.
>
> But what is a SOLUTION to the issue at hand? What would you suggest? Do
> you want the National Guard to patrol the mountain with tanks and give the
> scientists armed escorts and have them live in fear of terrorist attacks?
> Is that the solution to this problem? What do you suggest?
>
> SR Ballard
>
> On Dec 26, 2019, at 6:53 AM, John Clark via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 4:35 AM Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> > *### I sure understand their emotions and I despise those emotions too.*
>>
>
> Well said!
>
> *> There is no reason why understanding evil should lead to acceptance of
>> evil, should it?*
>>
>
> No logical reason whatsoever. If somebody's actions will obviously lead to
> a net increase in the amount of ignorance in the world and without even a
> hint of a compensating advantage then I have absolutely no problem with
> labeling that action as evil; and it's nice to see someone else who isn't
> afraid to use that word when it's appropriate as it certainly is in the
> case of the destruction of the Thirty Meter Telescope.
>
>  John K Clark
>
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