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  • Clarification...

    Not every wise person is a genius or vice versa. ''Genius'', that is, in the sense of being able to solve problems intelligently. Some people can do this and yet are very unwise -- that combination is terribly destructive. Unfortuntely, such people can and do rise to the top of organizations (including whole nations) and wreak havoc on many other ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 17, 2009

  • I see Feynman is just as pseudo-intellectual...

    ...but at least he's genteel about it. I say ''pseudo-intellectual'' because if he believes this Just-So Story from first to last, then I feel sorry indeed for him, as I do for his peers. (I gather that you don't quote this poem because you agree with its underlying philosophy.) Information, in the real world, doesn't arise from randomness or ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 3, 2009

  • British and American society (freely compared)

    MaryAnn: Hi HAP, Yes, I'm sure Fenton's phrase, ''diet of worms,'' was referring not only to us mouldering in the ground, but also to the conference that tried to ban Luther from making his reforms. I'm going to use this poem in my course this fall on poetry + religion. Contemporary British poets seem to write harsher poems about religion ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 2, 2009

  • A hollow, empty shell indeed...

    NoStar: MaryAnn, I was an atheist for 42 of my almost 55 years. I know all the arguments on both sides.Once you've seen the burning bush or felt the presence of the Ruach Hakodesh, once twice monthly migraines and frequent depression are lifted within minutes of praying, the arguments and ridicule of belief becomes a hollow empty shell. There ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 2, 2009