07-24-2015, 10:12 PM
An untouched issue is the very real possibility that TMT may be the last great ground based telescope ever built.
Look at what is happening in the world around us. Most world governments are bankrupt and what money they have is going into weapons development and procurement. The overpopulation wars have started in the Middle East and Europe is descending into chaos from a migrant invasion. In South and Central America criminal syndicates are accomplishing what Islamic fanatics are doing on the other side of the world creating a tidal wave of refugees. A new report from climate researchers indicates a significant probability of a 10 foot rise in sea level within this century. THe future is looking more and more grim. I won't go on. Talk of the telescopes that will follow TMT is empty talk. This is the last stand of human greatness in the pursuit of knowledge.
If TMT is not built now, here, there will be no great telescope to give humanity the grand vision it needs now more than it ever has. To see the narcissistic mindlessness of those trying to lawyer and protest out of existence what may stand as one of humanities greatest achievements would totally piss me off if it did not make me too sad to even care about a humanity that breeds such ignorance in a sea of knowledge.
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You can't fix Samsara.
Look at what is happening in the world around us. Most world governments are bankrupt and what money they have is going into weapons development and procurement. The overpopulation wars have started in the Middle East and Europe is descending into chaos from a migrant invasion. In South and Central America criminal syndicates are accomplishing what Islamic fanatics are doing on the other side of the world creating a tidal wave of refugees. A new report from climate researchers indicates a significant probability of a 10 foot rise in sea level within this century. THe future is looking more and more grim. I won't go on. Talk of the telescopes that will follow TMT is empty talk. This is the last stand of human greatness in the pursuit of knowledge.
If TMT is not built now, here, there will be no great telescope to give humanity the grand vision it needs now more than it ever has. To see the narcissistic mindlessness of those trying to lawyer and protest out of existence what may stand as one of humanities greatest achievements would totally piss me off if it did not make me too sad to even care about a humanity that breeds such ignorance in a sea of knowledge.
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You can't fix Samsara.