[Writingworkshop] Testing, Testing

[Neale Morison]

Testing, Testing

In this learned and privileged nation,
So given to argumentation,
How strange that no claim,
Be it ever so lame,
Is ever denied validation.

In theories of life and creation,
A requirement lies at the foundation,
That any assertion,
To warrant insertion,
Is subject to falsification.

When systems of thought are invented,
To ensure that mistakes are prevented,
And distinguish the best,
We must firmly suggest,
That evidence should be presented.


No matter how loudly they're stated,
Or how their opponents berated,
With invective and jeers,
Yet some people's ideas
Are not equal when they are created.

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Neale Morison
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