{"id":4525,"date":"2023-11-21T13:44:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T18:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=4525"},"modified":"2023-11-22T17:05:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T22:05:10","slug":"poem-hemlocking-the-socratic-method-curiosity-killed-the-hepcat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/21\/poem-hemlocking-the-socratic-method-curiosity-killed-the-hepcat\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM — Hemlocking the Socratic Method [Curiosity Killed the Hepcat]"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am very curious. Life intrigues me. I am also a critical thinker, and, at times, others view me as contrary. I do seem to have a gift for seeing contradictions. Most of the time, I like playing around with ideas and perspectives. I am not a big fan of playing the devils advocate; I think the devil already had enough advocates. Nevertheless, I am a big fan of the Socratic method, asking questions to get better answers or to pose different perspectives from which to view things. This poem plays with the inevitable annoyance of questioning assumptions and perspectives in a conversation.<\/p>\n

Hemlocking the Socratic Method [Curiosity Killed the Hepcat]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

She believed
\nIt was a setup
\nSome brand of abate and switch
\nEvolving lash out
\nThe interminable questioning
\nSow unending
\nThis or that
\nIf this, that
\nIf that, this
\nHalving a singular thought
\nTo fallow this tree of logic
\nUntil stumped
\nThat alleged won
\nThing I have learned
\nPlaying this bantering faux
\nIs this
\nOr that
\nFolks dig their Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s cats
\nAlive and knot
\nA mysterious physic
\nIn Pandora\u2019s Box
\nIn posing lethal curiosity as their bag
\nTo which we may never no
\nWeather this or that
\nDead or alive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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