Scientists & Poets

Do not trust scientists,

For the scientists are simply those

Who know how to say 'I don't know'

In the fanciest, most eloquent ways.

Do not heed the words of poets;

We too are blind.

We have no special understanding of the world;

We just speak our misunderstandings with a silver tongue.

I warn you--

Beware the scientists and the poets;

Do not mistake ambiguity for profundity.

Do not listen to those who claim to be enlightened.