02-26-2017, 01:13 PM
+1 Kirt. Speaking for myself, she seemed to be rambling stream of consciousness style about things like the flames of a fire seemingly blowing opposite the direction of the wind and that being a sign of something. First, such an observation on her part would not carry much weight with me or anyone who respected science anyway. Second, I may have dozed off as she droned on but I don't recall her ever saying " and THAT'S why the TMT shouldn't be built"... Maybe I should have inferred it since her nonsense sounds the same as that of the "protectors" but if her goal was to win over people who were on the fence, well she wasn't a very compelling witness. In fact as I listened to Pisciotta repeatedly saying "Uh-huh" dozens of times I began to wonder whether she (Pisciotta) was regretting the exchange and whether this wasn't some veiled sort of revenge on the part of Amano for having been forced to sit through all of this herself. I have been on the phone with people where I wanted to get away but felt I couldn't and I said "Uh-huh" with the same frequency.
Bottom line is I listened to an hour's worth, through the end of Pisciotta's questioning, and I don't remember anything except the bit about the magic fire. Granted when I heard THAT I was ready to chuck the whole "world's greatest telescope to be used to advance science for the benefit of all mankind" thing...
Not.
ETA: The next questioner did specifically ask her whether she agreed that the TMT should not be built on Mauna Kea. She agreed that that would be fair to say. At times she seems almost combative, making statements in response to questions from which the answers must be inferred which often led the questioner to pointedly ask her again for clarity. One of her statements was something about the grandson of Noah. I didn't catch the relevance of that.
Bottom line is I listened to an hour's worth, through the end of Pisciotta's questioning, and I don't remember anything except the bit about the magic fire. Granted when I heard THAT I was ready to chuck the whole "world's greatest telescope to be used to advance science for the benefit of all mankind" thing...
Not.
ETA: The next questioner did specifically ask her whether she agreed that the TMT should not be built on Mauna Kea. She agreed that that would be fair to say. At times she seems almost combative, making statements in response to questions from which the answers must be inferred which often led the questioner to pointedly ask her again for clarity. One of her statements was something about the grandson of Noah. I didn't catch the relevance of that.