This is one of my essays for admission to the honors program at UW. I had fun with it...
Prompt: How is the work of a poet similar to that of a scientist?: (<300 id=":11q" class="ii gt" style="font-family:verdana;">
In many ways, scientists and poets share a similar eloquence, a similar nature, perhaps in a philosophical sense. The fact remains and the same. Let us examine this hypothesis objectively. A poet’s primary responsibility is to mass-produce convoluted ideas of no relation to fact. Is a scientist’s any different? Standard deviation, accuracy, precision, figure of merit – no more convoluted and incomprehensible than iambic pentameter, couplets, or haiku, all of which comprise the arsenal of the archetypical “poet.” To the layperson or the impartial academic, the difference is nominal. Only the individual so entrenched in his deity, whether his scripture is Scientific American, or “The Road Not Taken,” would even notice such minutia. The zealots might point to Einstein or Shakespeare in defense of their faith, but would simultaneously fail to recognize that both stand out in the public mind for ultimately their exceptionally grandiose vocabulary. This fact manifests recent polling, 100 percent of respondents indicated concern in issues unrelated to science or poetry clearly, because "pot", "war", and "jobs" are all shorter words. Such remains true to such an extent that the message of poets and scientists often gets lost within itself, creating a disconnect between the remains of even the utmost patient of the public. When either party discovers a great truth, a brick wall of lexicon blunts its significance, putting the kibosh on a prospective thespian’s interest. Summed, or "coupled" together, it's clear that poets and scientists are all but one and the same, much like national brand of cola "a" and national brand of cola "b." They may wear different colors, but to anyone outside of his or her bubble, it’s patently obvious that both poets and scientists fall from the same tree.
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