An Open Letter to Physicists

[oats]

To Whom it May Dismiss,

I hear the universe exists - inside of proofs and formulas
as numerical reflections deciphered through your corneas
which means the expanses I've traveled and tragically sworn to love
are simply masks in the attic mathematically boarded shut
but too much has been invested to accept this rigid receipt
that each breath in its essence is just a set of digits repeating
every second stripped of its meaning, retreating to logic's ordered peak
and though the edge of the cliff is appealing, please...look before you leap

To Whom it May Discredit,

I presume it's unsafe to edit an established axiom-
and answer to the annals you'd have to retract it from
you'll face a marathon of laughter when you suggest to subtract a sum
but perhaps another answer would advantage the path they run
for example: PE=mgh is one that's proved with ease;
if you stand tall, you should become what you believe
which makes sense, but the secret that is wonderful to see
is that potential increases when you're humbled to your knees
nothin' you achieve's simple as arithmetic progress
besides, reaching potential tends to be a kinetic process
this systemic logic is a palatable scheme
but now you see not every formula's infallible as it seems

To Whom it May Enrage,

The truth will stain this page, engraving its signature
and make you rearrange the names for what you label as miniature
your preconceptions and intuitions may be wading within the dirt,
for every trait of nature you can't contain in an integer
like f=ma is a linear way to state the greatness massive acceleration delivers-
but some of the most persuasive statements came in shades of a whisper
the truth can raise or fade away like the banks of a river
needless to say that either way it makes a painful elixir

To Whom it May Concern,

It can be a foolish way to learn, to walk the edge of unusual
but this message is suitable...
numbers and letters'll never capture the essence of beautiful
though curiosity compels you to discover how it truly works
I beg you - don't ruin the wonders of the universe
like y=x^2, a fact that so accurately maps gravity, it's brilliant
but not everything falls down - that's humanity's resilience
knowledge without perspective is threat we can't afford to keep
so remember...look in every direction before you leap

[Split]

Is this from the AOWL?

[oats]

No. That was An Open Letter to Economists @Split

[Certain]

Sometimes your positivity kills me. I'm just a negative person. But I liked this for its bounciness. There were points where the flow was a bit stiff and stilted, particularly when you upped the complexity of the scheme but didn't quite balance out stressed and unstressed syllables. I think the sound of the words is one thing you could probably work on. For instance, Split is very good at that. But your directness and earnestness are praise-worthy. No one writes like this on these sites, at least not anyone half as good as you. I do wonder if you're burning a straw man to a degree with this one.

[oats]

@Certain "burning a straw man" - can you explain? I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at tbh.

Will return feed, obv

[Certain]

Originally Posted by oats

@Certain "burning a straw man" - can you explain? I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at tbh.

Will return feed, obv

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

I'm just not sure anyone tries to define the world the way you're arguing against.

[oats]

Oh I know what a straw man argument is, wasn't sure what exactly you meant. I see what you're saying now though, thanks for the feed.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5WPGoA_c1Qo
@Certain - pretty weak performance, admittedly, but gives a good sense of how the words fall together, in my head at least.