[ExI] The Thirty Meter Telescope is now officially dead

[ddraig@pobox.com]

On Wed, 25 Dec 2019 at 00:53, John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 11:54 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> * > the emotions at play are a HUGE part of anti-science sentiment. The
>> other factor is ignorance.*
>>
>
> I agree, and recent events have made me see more clearly how strongly our
> culture has moved in the anti-science/pro-ignorance direction, the tendency
> even shows up on the Extropian List which you'd expect to be fiercely
> pro-science/anti-ignorance, and at one time it certainly was but no more.
> Since my last post on this subject there have been 3 responses and all of
> them criticized me for being too logical and all of them empathised with
> the ignorant anti-science mob, not one of them empathised with the
> astronomers who not only could no longer do their work of finding out more
> about the universe but actually feared for their lives.
>



Ummm, no, we're saying that if you ignore the emotions of the people who
OWN THE LAND of course your project will fail.  I think the telescope
should be built. I think people freaking out over invisible sky beings is
stupid.


I am not, however, in control of that mountain.    It's basic politics.


Dwayne
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