Humans have
indulged
themselves in
wishful thoughts
about death
for fifty
thousand years.
Way past time
we stopped.
Category: History
Snakes alive
If you make
a garden
snake proof, then,
when a snake
does get in
it can’t get
out again.
If you make
your brain to
resist mad
ideas,
then when the
madness does
get in, it
will stay there
forever.
Accept no substitute
Religious belief is not a substitute for Science
Personal anecdote is not a substitute for Science
Wishful thinking is not a substitute for Science
Political ideology is not a substitute for Science
Television opinion is not a substitute for Science
Corporate greed is not a substitute for Science
What your Uncle said is not a substitute for Science
Patriotic desire is not a substitute for Science
Only more Science is a substitute for Science
But yesterday’s gone
In some parallel
universe my
university
career began
sixty years ago.
In the real world
it was only just
the day before
yesterday.
Imagine
The confidence with
which some people tell
me what their silent
and invisible
imaginary
friend is thinking and
demanding of them
is always stunning.
Riddle me this
There are just
two kinds of
people in
the world. Those
who ask the
questions and
those who think
they know all
the answers.
Apply liberally
Science is a
religious
antiseptic.
It needs widely
applying all
over the world.
Norwegian would do
Skarsvag
looks like
the kind
of place
that might
be just
about
as far
away
as you
can get
from the
madness
of the
World.
Nurture
It takes a
village to
produce an
idiot
like Mister
Donald Trump
Great eggspectations
Every day,
somewhere in the
world, billions
of birds sit on
their nests, content
and confident
about the eggs
that they cherish.
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