One April I
was being born
at the end of
the second War
to end all wars.
This May a great
friend is turning
eighty and my
grandson will be
twenty one in
this merry month.
Meanwhile a new
European war
has erupted.
What the hell has
happened to me?
And to the world?
YouTube has
revealed
what a huge
number of
very strange
people there
are in the
universe
Humans have
indulged
themselves in
wishful thoughts
about death
for fifty
thousand years.
Way past time
we stopped.
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
In some parallel
universe my
university
career began
sixty years ago.
In the real world
it was only just
the day before
yesterday.
Old age is
like a clock
that gains time
faster and
faster then
suddenly
stops
The confidence with
which some people tell
me what their silent
and invisible
imaginary
friend is thinking and
demanding of them
is always stunning.
There are just
two kinds of
people in
the world. Those
who ask the
questions and
those who think
they know all
the answers.
Science is a
religious
antiseptic.
It needs widely
applying all
over the world.
It takes a
village to
produce an
idiot
like Mister
Donald Trump
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