Quantum Woke Theory, the Mātauranga Māori Angle
Sometimes reality is better than satire
If there is anything we here, at the Flickering Beacon, like, it is to be validated. If there is anything we here, at the Flickering Beacon, hate, it is for our satire to be outdone by reality.
Apparently, both can be true at the same time. Just as we published our complete Standard Model of Woke, followed by the Quantum aspects, reality came and proved us right, again, in the form of an article published by the Māori website Waatea News. The article, titled “Mātauranga Māori could compliment (sic) quantum physics”1 is so spectacular that we bring it here as-is, unedited except for a number of links, hoping that it will serve as a warning to those who advocate for dropping standardized testing in college admission.
The first Māori quantum physicist says he hopes more Māori join the field to incorporate mātaraunga Māori into quantum physics.
Dr Jacob Ngaha, completed his PhD in Quantum Physics at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland, becoming the first Māori quantum physicist.
He says quantum physics explains how this work on an atomic level, and mātauranga Māori is based on lived experiences and observations which could compliment western scientific discipline.
“There’s always more than one way to do things. If you’re doing an experiment, depending on what you want out of an experiment there are different methods you take, different tools you use and I think science is overruled and no different. Mātauranga Māori is definitely better at looking at certain things, especially from a Māori lens. I think also, depending on what you’re looking at and what area you’re in there’s a stronger foundation of mātauranga Māori. I think those were the sort of things our tūpuna were doing, you know we’re talking about biology, genetics and environmental science. Those are very lived experiences.”
Jacob Ngaha says in the western space, mātauranga Māori is very new and with more Māori in quantum physics, mātauranga can be expanded more with quantum physics and vice versa.
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The following quote is appropriate: “Matauranga Māori, as the Māori knowledge system, needs to be treasured but not taken as an alternative to modern world science… Science teaching should be based on testable hypotheses and established truth.” From “Post-modernism and the Degrading of Education in New Zealand” by Peter Schwerdtfeger, John Raine, and David Lillis, Breaking Views, July 24, 2023.
Being Maori myself, but with an MSc in biomedical engineering and a couple of minor journal papers published back in the 90s, I seriously doubt he's the first Maori physicist.
As an example, the R language and platform was created by a Maori mathematician. The REST hypermedia architecture, a core design style of the internet, was created by a US computer scientist of Maori descent.
The referenced article irks on so many levels, the least of which is the underlying woke, racist, internalised belief that this level achievement is clearly an outlier for us poor downtrodden minorities.