Bad Science Poet

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On September 4, 2014, LWON welcomed a new occasional contributor, Bad Science Poet. (Motto: “It’s not the science that’s bad—it’s the poetry!”) The initial post (below) as well as subsequent contributions survive online. To this day, LWON hasn’t disavowed them.

MAYBE, MAYBE NOT

Is that uncertainty I see?

Its position known to only me?

Is that uncertainty I hear?

Echoing (or not) from ear to ear?

Said Heisenberg, “Yes.”

Niels Bohr said, “One guess.”

And Einstein?  “A mess, I fear.”

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

When Madame Curie

won her Nobel

she wasn’t furry

eventhoughshe’dhandledenoughradiumtochoke Chernobyl.

A SCIENCE WRITER’S REMINDER TO SELF TO FACT-CHECK

We gather today

to praise Isaac Newton,

the gravity guy

who died with his suit on

(?)

SCHRÖDINGER’S KOAN

To be

or not to be,

that is the question,

a certain cat

who hardly needs mention

was asked again and again and again

until he said, “Chill, folks, it’s time to get zen.”

5 thoughts on “Bad Science Poet

  1. Surely Eddington wins this category, for reporting on his eclipse expedition thus:

    O leave the wise our measures to collate
    One thing is certain, light has weight.
    One thing is certain, and the rest debate.
    Light rays – when near the Sun – do not go straight.

  2. There was a young fellow from Trinity,
    Who took the square root of infinity.
    But the number of digits, Gave him the fidgets;
    He dropped Maths and took up Divinity.

    George Gamow

  3. Why would Bad Science Poet give up his day job of writing bad poetry about science? On the contrary: Pity George Gamow and Arthur Eddington, having to supplement their bad-poetry incomes with teaching gigs!

  4. Here’s one from my recent reporting trip:
    The sea is like an unending wish,
    Every night, giving a different dish.
    It’s endless and vast,
    A view to the past,
    It’s just too bad there aren’t any more fish.

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