On Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 5:02:35 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 7/28/2019 12:04 AM, dsi1 wrote:
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> > The real question is if the quest for scientific advancement can take precedence over people? Should researchers be able to operate without boundaries or ethical considerations? Do we get to perform experiments on people without their consent or knowledge? Perhaps they should build their telescope in the middle of St. Peter's Square. That would be cool.
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> David, evidently you have not read the news. Last year they did build a
> telescope in St. Peter's Square. There were technical problems though.
> The pigeons shit on the lens blocking the view. Scientists though they
> discovered a new universe and it turned out to just pigeon doo doo.

Such are the vicissitudes of science. Pigeon shit can be a problem. That's why they should build these big telescopes under the sea.