A strong theory is better than miracles.

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Philosophizing introduction

We are scientists, you see;

we want accuracy,

certainty,

rigor,

predictability.

Do you really think

that we wouldn't like to have miracles

once in a while?

Wouldn't we like to have or to be

oracles, witches, prophets?

Wouldn't we like to see or to be

someone flying whenever she wants to

or someone walking on the sea?

But you should understand

that even a freshman attends around a hundred experiments,

and imagine how many

we have attended and performed.

Don't you see

that we made experiments

because we looked for miracles?

Don't you see

that we stopped looking for miracles

because it is fucking frustrating

to see scientific predictions reproved

every single time?

We do not look for miracles anymore,

it is disappointing and depressing.

We have by now

a much stronger understanding.

Actual discussion

Therefore

when you tell me

that you are attracted by me,

which in no way fits to the theory;

you must understand

(and thus not laugh at)

how terrifying,

how horrifying,

yet how amazing

this is for me;

you must understand

my preoccupation,

my panic,

and my disorientation.

All the data should be rechecked,

all the results should be controlled.

Scientific skepticism must overrule

prophecy,

scientific confidence must

overcome the arbitrary.

Epilogue

Because always

- as in our case -

reality proves the theory,

and your hypothetical emotions

betray their believers

(such as me).

Theory tested once more,

miraculousness tested once more.

Cold rationality, once more,

overrules the wonderland.

Back to real life,

back to where we started;

egocentricism restored,

arrogance re-established.