Monday, Jul. 25, 2011 - 11:34 a.m.
Science Suddenly UnCool
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Before the internet
became the undiscerning anus
of human society
delivering shit everywhere instantly for free,
the endeavour of Science was perceived as
humans best efforts for other humans.
How not so that is now
Toiling to shape theory
perfecting notions
by careful exploration
and sharing insight and results
with everybody else
was until very recently - cool.
Underwriting all this sober research
and filtering it through a series of fine meshes
was the honour of the Noblese
who sought out the brightest stars
of the scientific method
to apply their hard won knowledge
to maybe ease
some of suffering in this world.
Everybody did their best
because they could.
Pandora's Box was no accident.
When millions of people
were dying from disease
- Science was hope
and many were cured
When food
was scarce and expensive
-Science was productive
and many were fed
When millions of people
were illiterate
-Science was effective
and many were awakened
When millions of people
were disconnected
-Science shared freely
and many were connected
fuck all you 21st Century technopeasants
fuck your quaint rustic doubts of change
fuck your demand that time stops
- to suit your lunchbreak agenda
fuck your instructions
-that science fetches your sticks
fuck your backward looking nostalgia
-and all your second hand notions
you can't deja vu
if you were not there
in the first place
