New Zealand professors in Māori science row quit Royal Society

Maori culture should be preserved, respected and taught as part of New Zealand's history. Their knowledge of the encironment and local biome may well teach us things we never knew and we should acknowledge that debt and not 'colonise' it, take it over as if it were ours, Never. But I have some concerns about teaching this under 'science', unless we also, for example, replace the Big Bang Theory with the Babylonian story of creation. The Babylonian creation epic (Enuma elish, “When on High”) states that at first there existed only the male (Apsu) and female (Tiamat) gods of the deep. They raised a family of gods that were so unruly that Apsu resolved to destroy them. Rebellion and chaos ensued. I guess the Enuma Elish makes a much better story than Hawing's A Brief History of Time, anywyay, as as we weren't there at the time, well who iknows??

Isn't this observational data. It has it place and doesn't mean it is wrong. Look we don't have a double blind research study on the effectiveness of parachutes, yet we feel from observational data they are effective.

When it comes to knowledge of nature in New Zealand, Maori have much to teach Western-style science, just as any society indiginous to the local. When it comes to philsophy, ethics, myths... Maori have equal footing with anyone else's ideas because they too are human beings. But drop all this 'colonialism' nonsense, please. It's negative. It pushes people away. Enrich the curriculum by exploring many aspects, bringing in different knowledge, different experiences.

Distinguish between science, with it's associated rules, and opinions. The latter are valid when supporting information is included. Mixing the two either in ignorance or deliberately will not produce anything useful. GIGO --> Garbage In Garbage Out.