| Sep. 26th, 2008 @ 07:55 am How (from Nate May) |
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- How. I am from the twenty-first century, and I have traveled back in time five hundred years to deliver you a message. - Your vessel is very shiny. What kind of wood is this? - It is plastic. - What is plastic? - It is a material made of petroleum. We eat and drink out of containers made of plastic, and then we throw the containers away. - Where do you throw them? - We dig large holes and we put many containers in the holes. - Do petroleum trees grow out of these holes? - No, petroleum does not come from trees. - Where does it come from? - Holes. - So the plastic in the holes turns back into petroleum. - No, we dig different holes to get more petroleum. - Do you bury the plastic as a dedication to your god? - No, we no longer do such rituals. - Why not? - Using Science, we have proved that such rituals do not accomplish anything. - What is science? - Science is understanding the world and making human activities more efficient and effective. - Did science tell you to put your plastic in holes? - Yes. - What else does science tell you to do? - We have built roads that connect all parts of the land, and automobiles to traverse these roads. - What are automobiles? - They are like horses, but more comfortable. - What do they eat? - They are made of metal, but they eat petroleum. - Where does metal come from? - Holes. - And the petroleum, can you make more of it, or does the earth make it? - The earth makes it, but very slowly. - Slower than you are using it? - Much slower. - How will your children feed their horses? - Science is working on this, but it has not yet come up with a solution. - Why don’t you use horses that eat grass? - They are much less comfortable. - When horses eat grass, they fertilize the land, and more grass grows. Do your horses fertilize the land? - No, their waste goes into the sky. - Does it bring rain during droughts? - No. You see, with our waste we have put a hole in the sky, which makes the sun hotter. We also have more violent storms and the seas are rising. - All because of horses? - There are many other things which put waste in the sky. - If you have holes in the sky and holes in the ground, where do the birds and the deer live? - Listen, I came to deliver a message, and I am getting tired of answering all of your questions. - What is the message? - Embrace Science now, or your people will be extinguished. - What did you say science was? - Understanding the world, and making human activities more efficient and effective. - We have already embraced that. - Have you? Show me. - Look down. - Okay. - Look up. - Okay. - Do you see any holes? |