“It had its DNA changed by Māui”

September 12, 2021

By NZB3

Ah, so this is what we mean by Maori Science? For which…we must crush dissent in academia!

When your first sentence about Maori gene editing starts off with “Has everyone seen the movie Moana…” is there really anything else to say? 😀

Projecting the land of magic and myth onto modern genetics is Dunning-Kruger enough. Then Tame (the Biosecurity Knowledge Broker(@!?)) really takes the cake saying he’s worried about Maui’s transforming cloak being weaponised! Like the magic combat cape from Doctor Strange, I guess?

“However, gene editing and gene drives feature within Māori narratives. Has everyone seen the movie Moana, when Māui changed his shape. One time he was wearing a cloak and changed himself, and that cloak got incorporated into the kereru that we know today. Originally it was white. It had its DNA changed by Māui. So gene editing does feature in our narratives. What I’m wary of is people running off and weaponising that.” – Tame Malcolm, RNZ (2021)

Don’t watch Disney cartoons and Jurassic Park together while on drugs or something bad might happen to you. Like, you might end up on an International Science Festival expert panel too!

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Ref. Auckland University professor stands by letter dismissing mātauranga Māori as science, Anarkiwi

Ref. also Cultural double-shift of Māori scientists, NZB3

Image ref. Malcolm; https://ttw.nz/aboutus/

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