To be honest, I find the Maori example a bit strange, but it isn't like people do not impute their own religious beliefs or more blandly, their culture into sci

To be honest, I find the Maori example a bit strange, but it isn't like people do not impute their own religious beliefs or more blandly, their culture into science or what they learn. The only thing that may make it slightly distinct is this is a directive from a government. I once had an acquaintance in grad school who was studying string theory, and he connected what he studied to his fundie christian beliefs, for example, he talked about how multiple dimensions required by string theory explained how God worked in ways we could not see. Again, I found it odd, but I respected his work regardless, which was not that bad merely looking at the research.