Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 30, 2022 4:02:51 GMT 12
DAWKINS DENIES SCIENCE EVOLUTION
A Māori academic says the dismissal of matauranga Māori by a leading British public intellectual demonstrates a common Euerocentric view of science.
Oxford University evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins told Newshub reporter Patrick Gower that “myths” couldn’t be confused with science, and scientific proof was global and didn’t belong to one country
“We know that matauranga Maori science is the way that we traveled the Pacific, inhabited all the islands, named all the mountains, learned how to use all the fruits and the plant life. That is science. It may not be predicated on numbers and Western models of knowledge but it is still a very effective knowledge system,” Dr Henry says.....
waateanews.com/2022/10/28/dawkins-denies-science-evolution/
A Māori academic says the dismissal of matauranga Māori by a leading British public intellectual demonstrates a common Euerocentric view of science.
Oxford University evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins told Newshub reporter Patrick Gower that “myths” couldn’t be confused with science, and scientific proof was global and didn’t belong to one country
“We know that matauranga Maori science is the way that we traveled the Pacific, inhabited all the islands, named all the mountains, learned how to use all the fruits and the plant life. That is science. It may not be predicated on numbers and Western models of knowledge but it is still a very effective knowledge system,” Dr Henry says.....
waateanews.com/2022/10/28/dawkins-denies-science-evolution/