Science
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I’m a big science nerd, so sometimes it finds it’s way into my writing. Even now, when I stop and think about these things, I feel the same sense of wonder and amazement that I did as a kid. Enjoy! LOOK AT THE STARS About six billion years ago, To give or take a few. A…
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I mean really… What the heck am I thinking. I made it through April by the skin of my teeth, yet here I am writing another verse. Sometimes I really wonder about me. Our Own Worst Enemy Technology is not the foe, it’s not your enemy. That AI that you dread so much, is…
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I’m a big science fan and am fascinated by the drive to Mars and beyond. Excited to see what wonders I will see and dreaming of what lies beyond. A Farewell To Earth To travel far where none have gone, and see what none have seen, The sands of Mars, the asteroid belt, to…
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A Case For Mars A rocketship out to the stars, Starts with a shorter trip. A trip to Mars to learn and build, A bigger, better ship. To get to Mars we’ve much to learn, To get there and survive. To build the things we need to live, And more, succeed and thrive. For Mars…
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I watched a piece on TV tonight about genetic research and where some of it is headed. Then I turned off the television to write todays poem. After staring blank the screen of my phone for a while I asked Lynn (my personal muse) what to write about. She thought about it for about a…
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While I was at Comiccon, I had the opportunity to meet one of the Canadian candidates for the private sector mission to Mars. Talking him inspired this…. The Next Martians A flaming pillar reaches up, Another group has gone, To meet the ship that they will take, To push our species on. They go to…
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So I’ve been watching “Cosmos” with Neil Degrasse-Tyson and it inspired this poem. Enjoy! STARDUST FOREVER An ancient star was dying and It’s fires burning low. Then with one final mighty burst It’s bulk the star did throw. The star is dead, a tiny thing A cider dark and small. But all around, the stuff…
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If you’ve ever gone online, you’ve most likely encountered what I like to think of as Internet Science. I’m not talking about real science that actually makes the internet possible. I’m talking about the weird and special things you can find masquerading as science online. Among the most conspicuous, are the ads featuring “One weird…
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For a long time now, people have been saying that psychology isn’t an actual science. This is based on the standard “scientific method”. This method requires repeatable results from repeatable processes. Seems like a good way to do things, and it is. When it works. Psychology is one of the places it doesn’t work. Does…
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