Culture is important and powerful but we have to stand above all to seek answers. 50 years from now no one will remember about this “realm” but you can find new realm if you allow science to continue its journey.

As I’m sure it’s been mentioned before, this is just a bunch of haoles who really wanted attention.

Scientific progress halted by religion yet again.

How about your physical body when it went up there? You were like, cluttering up the place, along with all the other tourists.

I don’t understand this stuff about the US taking over Hawaii and violating native rights. Everyone knows that it was Hawaii that took over the United States.

Score another win for ignorance.

Natives need to stfu about their silly deities. Science trumps all.

This could have been the telescope that possibly would let us know that we are not alone... now we’ll never know. Bummer.

Well, as a physicist and atheist/agnostic, I’m pretty biased. I like telescopes. I like stars. Of course I want it to be built. I guess my biggest issue is that I don’t get why they allowed 13 telescopes up there before, but this one is an issue. Is it just because it’s so much bigger? I feel like the best way to…

Native Hawaiians are a-holes in other news water is wet.

I wish when people presented religious arguments in a court of law, they would be held to the standard of being provable.

“It is not a realm for mankind, but a realm where we go to learn the ways of the heavens.” If its not for mankind, how are they up there learning the ways of the heavens???

Nah. What’ll happen is they’ll hold the hearings, then reissue the permit. It is a nuisance.

The telescope isn’t illegal, the process in which they went about to get it approved is illegal.

Superstition wins again.

There have been over 300 public meetings on this proposal.

“It is not a realm for mankind, but a realm where we go to learn the ways of the heavens.”

So if the objection is that Mauna Kea is… “a realm where we go to learn the ways of the heavens.” the TMT project sounds perfect.

Seriously, this is awful. How much longer do we enlightened, rational people have to wait before our science finally eradicates all this stupid indigenous culture bullshit?

Religion fucking up science again.