Temoignage
- Oct 25, 2025
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Updated: Nov 1, 2025
The Cosmos Teems with Complex Organic Molecules
“Wherever astronomers look, they see life’s raw materials.”*
At Rhamnous in Attica, I sheltered in the sanctuary of Nemesis,
Who punished hubris in the ancient world,
A Fate who might be helpful dealing with today's,
Considering our piss-proud so-called leaders' suicidal ways.
[Rhamnous takes its name from the buckthorns, Rhamnaceae,
That grow there; see Pseudo-Scylax's Periplus (book of travels).]
So what to do when Fortune’s web unravels,
When Beelzebub's gormy banner's unfurled?
Pace The World as Will and Representation,
Nemeses don’t take kindly to dictation.
Life’s raw materials could end up in a GDP
Comprised of cunningly crafted misery.
Complex organic molecules must have their fun;
But even cosmic marathons in time are done.
*Title and subhead here are from an article by Elise Cutts, https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-cosmos-teems-with-complex-organic-molecules-20241113/ November 13, 2024.
Temoignage = (French) testimony.
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