My wife (a psychologist and a Christian) defended the (mostly psychologically oriented) experiments as posed in the paper and the method behind them, whereas several atheist/strictly-causality-believing coworkers and also a conservative Christian with a strong anti-psychology bias dismissed the idea of spooky action from the future outright. The stormy e-mail exchange raged on (and I did not contribute to the discussion). The conservative guy accused me of abandoning my wife in the argument. I believe she's well capable of handling herself.
In any case I wrote this (bad) poem in response:
My act is mostly mute and unseen,
I wear no costume, I don’t vent my spleen.
Spending most time behind the stage,
Conceiving a plot I prepare the cage.
I have few resources, can’t sponsor M-M-A,
Must find some other way to while away the day.
I step out briefly to address the crowd,
I hope today they’ll surely be wowed.
My mind’s been active, reading Hacker News,
What’s this I see? Some interesting views,
on whether the future can affect our present,
I’m sure this will stoke plenty of dissent.
I have my materials for a good time today,
Setting the stage is just an e-mail away.
My fingers fly fast, the idea’s not hokey,
My actors will soon be addressing the spooky.
I press ‘Send’ and my time on stage is done,
I’ve set the parameters, now it’s time for fun.
The actors appear to have done my bidding,
I just hope it doesn’t end in too much bleeding.
Sure, I’ll show up from time to time,
The audience gets tired of hearing everyone whine.
They need to see larger schemes at play,
The actor’s philosophies won’t save the day.
Arguments, screeds, reasoning galore,
It’s exciting for a time, not yet a bore.
I’ll step back just about now,
It’s time for some more.
This audience of one will now sit back,
Got a few more bugzillas to whack.
I won’t make it to peer-reviewed journals,
But empirically it’s great to see what sprouts from a kernel.
My wife (a psychologist and a Christian) defended the (mostly psychologically oriented) experiments as posed in the paper and the method behind them, whereas several atheist/strictly-causality-believing coworkers and also a conservative Christian with a strong anti-psychology bias dismissed the idea of spooky action from the future outright. The stormy e-mail exchange raged on (and I did not contribute to the discussion). The conservative guy accused me of abandoning my wife in the argument. I believe she's well capable of handling herself.
In any case I wrote this (bad) poem in response: