Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 10, 2023 8:57:28 GMT 12
Jerry Coyne: A POWERFUL UNIVERSITY DEAN IN NEW ZEALAND TOUTS MERGING HIGHER EDUCATION WITH INDIGENOUS SPIRITUALITY
While it’s okay to teach the small amount of secular knowledge that Māori have garnered (when to harvest berries or shellfish, etc.) into “science,” there is no need to make “spirituality”, including myths and gods that are simply fictional, an integral part of “knowledge”.
And about the Christians, Jews, and Buddhists who are “parked outside education”? Here we arrive at the crux of the matter: people like Rowland think that Māori spirituality MUST be part of education, apparently ignorant of the fact that there are other people participating in education in New Zealand— people who don’t buy the myths of Matauranga Maori.
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/jerry-coyne-powerful-university-dean-in.html
While it’s okay to teach the small amount of secular knowledge that Māori have garnered (when to harvest berries or shellfish, etc.) into “science,” there is no need to make “spirituality”, including myths and gods that are simply fictional, an integral part of “knowledge”.
And about the Christians, Jews, and Buddhists who are “parked outside education”? Here we arrive at the crux of the matter: people like Rowland think that Māori spirituality MUST be part of education, apparently ignorant of the fact that there are other people participating in education in New Zealand— people who don’t buy the myths of Matauranga Maori.
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/jerry-coyne-powerful-university-dean-in.html