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March 9, 2016
By amandacasetti BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
amandacasetti BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
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Particles of star stuff suspended in cerebrospinal fluid,

sculpted by the universe,
immensely different than the next,
yet they remain the same.

Uniform sulci and gyri are made evident by the cerebral cortex.
Uniform thoughts are made evident by the unquestioned system.
Language, Politics, Media, Religion:
Uniform, Identical, Same, Consistent.

Conditioned to believe humans are superior,
given the same absolute truths,
taught to believe in some unfathomable greater power—
why should we force brains to think the same?

Each unconscious piece of star stuff, perfectly arranged into a brain—
perfectly connected to tissue and organs—
creates a perfectly conscious being.
Robot.

But why do some brains reject this system of acceptance and uniformity?
Do they recognize flaws? Or are the brains themselves simply flaws?

However the flawed brains
fill with questions, oppositions, revolutionary thoughts—
an equilibrium of uniform and uncommon.
Human.

If inquisition is tendency
then why do most never question?


The author's comments:

Please question everything.


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