Is this new anti-intellectual movement intentional?
Rousing rebels with magic energy, to fight a hidden power
Like that fella, Yuri Gella, bending more minds than spoons
Before the net, with airplay of no more, than a few hours
And now any old clown, reaches minds in every town
Where the Davinci Code’s brethren grew and grew
Though, on close inspection
The only lie, was in the introduction
Stating the ‘historical’ details, in the book were true
What emerged from joking, and telling tales for tips
Has grown into a tax-paying disinformation industry
And it perfectly picks, just those it mostly tricks
Feeding off those with the least funds, intellectually
Fake news
Spoof art
Virtual music
Pseudo poetry
What’s next, for you?
Para-psychiatry
Deep dark policy
Faux economics
Revenginering
Some of it, could be true
Then, you’ve only got yourselves to blame
If knowledge is no longer, just for the elite
To some folk, academic means forced authority
“We the people” fight to defeat
I ‘can’ ask what’s north of the north pole
I ‘can’ wonder about the time before time
I ‘can’ imagine the size of the Universe
I ‘can’ know your speed, and position just fine
Telling folk how to think, will never work
Their assumptions don’t match yours, that’s true
Especially if you’re just repeating physics quirks
That pass misunderstandings, on to generations a new
It’s true, conspiracy theorists spread tosh and drivel
We tolerate their view, and allow untruths to persist
But with a smug glare, we’re too often unaware
That’s the same sleight of hand’s, performed by ‘real’ scientists
To many people, flat Earths, are just as viable as globes
And it’s science’s own fault, if it says virtual particles can
Just spontaneously jump into existence
Then why can’t the creator?
Or just another, godless big bang
Have they seen it for themselves, have they?
Saw the first particles collide
Were they present when the early Universe
Inflated, so far and wide?
They saw nothing legit
They just read or heard it