Listener letter on science controversy
NEW ZEALAND SCIENCE DEBATE ON MĀORI SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
Listener letter on science controversy.; Listener letter science controversy; Listener letter on science controversy
In July 2021, in the context of a review of the secondary school curriculum National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), seven University of Auckland professors and emeriti professors (known informally as the Listener Seven) published a letter "In Defence of Science" in the current affairs magazine New Zealand Listener, which generated considerable controversy for claiming indigenous knowledge (or Mātauranga Māori) "falls far short of what can be defined as science itself."Kendall Clements, Garth Cooper, Michael Corballis, Doug Elliffe, Robert Nola, Elizabeth Rata, and John Werry.