Astronomy Portfolio Review Recommends Defunding US's Biggest Telescope

But we've got money to teach Creationism in schools

Teaching Creationism doesn't require any money...or evidence....or logic...or intelligence....or anything else. It's dirt cheap to teach, as it relies only upon what someone wants to believe at any given moment in time.

Real universal-level science, on the other hand, is very expensive. It requires the ability to make observations, the attention to detail and time necessary to evaluate and collate enormous amounts of data, the ability to accurately spot and eliminate flawed data, and a tremendous ability to arrive at logical conclusions based on said valid data. And it requires a LOT of money to build and maintain facilities needed to acquire such data.

To summarize:

Teaching Fantasy: Dirt Cheap.
Expanding Human Knowledge: Not Dirt Cheap.

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/t_mYdAwhRnA/astronomy-portfolio-review-recommends-defunding-uss-biggest-telescope

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