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largest telescope in the world , but now it looks like it will never be built because today the Hawaiian Supreme Court rescinded its construction permit ; they think it would offend the religious sensibilities of the native Hawaiians who believe the place is not really a mountain but is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 Gods 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.
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