The science of biology has things it can’t explain Though it’s “Science has the answers!” as the boast. You can search the latest journals, but you’ll find you search in vain For the transubstantiation of the host! The biologists won’t touch it; it’s a truth they’ll never find— They refuse to even look for their …
Category Archive: Science
Jan 12 2013
Colony Of Penguins Discovered, Thanks To Poop Visible From Space
Some scientists have figured out A means of penguin-snooping; A camera, beamed from outer space Can see where they’ve been pooping. The penguins stay on floes of ice, For months in just one place Which leaves a stain of shit so big It’s visible from space. The guano—smelly, reddish-brown, Corrosive, salty goo— Leaves such a …
Dec 17 2012
Mechanism, Contextualism, And The Limits Of Brain Science
Over at NPR’s 13.7 Cosmos and Culture blog, Alva Noë writes about “Science And The Allure Of ‘Nothing But“, a topic near and dear to my hearts. Reductionism in science has led us to some frankly silly stances, but stances held and strongly defended by major players, and (probably, but I have not counted) a …
Nov 17 2012
On Origins
The atheists, in arrogance, say man evolved from slime From nothingness to everything, and all you need is time With no one there to witness it, they simply cannot know The truth is, they are idiots… the bible tells me so. I may not know my science, but I know my holy book It’s got …
Nov 03 2012
Moneyball, Politics, And Nate Silver’s Bet
The process of crunching each district’s statistics Makes some people happy, but some people sad The numbers the polls are reporting, supporting Obama’s election, make Romney’s team mad The “quants” find the stats’ inferential potential A powerful weapon—the greatest one yet— They’d back its conclusions ‘gainst bunches of hunches, And unlike the hunchers, they’re willing …
Sep 27 2012
Science Fact > Science Fiction. Again.
After I posted today’s Headline Muse, the following leaped into my consciousness, unbidden: Though it promised us trips through the stars, Cryogenics, and yes, flying cars, Science fiction must bow To our science facts now… That’s the word from our robot on Mars. Science fiction is cool. It is. I remember reading about time travel, …
Sep 25 2012
Hubble Does It Again
“In the beginning, God created The heavens and the earth”— A most myopic story of The universe’s birth The lenses on the Hubble Look through time as well as space The ancients might have spied with it Their vast Creator’s face The skies they saw were very small Those centuries ago We’ve traded in those …
Sep 15 2012
Feathered Dinosaurs Are Cool
It seems a consensus on whether the feathers Of dinosaurs ought to be shown has been reached Though Hollywood lags in their fictions’ depictions The scientists know it’s the thing to be… um… teached. That raptors had plumage is clear now, but hear, now, The voice of tradition that shows them without— In movies and …
Sep 13 2012
Death From The Skies… But Not Quite Yet.
The missiles have not been deployed To vaporize an asteroid; I’m certain you are overjoyed— You live another day. But just in case you wish to view The menace, QG42, And watch it pass us, live on Slooh, Just click here, cos you may. Ok, I want to write more, but this is happening *now*, …
Sep 03 2012
The Year That Santa Drowned
Twas the night before Christmas The kids looked around Their eyes welled with tears, Though they made not a sound A sleigh would need snow; There was none to be found Just the puddles where raindrops had pelted They hoped in their hearts That Saint Nick would come ‘round With presents and toys To amuse …
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