Hmm. If I say "Everything can have a poem written about it," that seems to actually encompass everything, doesn't it?
Nope. Writing a poem about something pretty much means 'describing' so then you run into Schroedinger's cat and the uncertainty principle and that sort of thing. Or to give a simple exception, you couldn't write a poem about an idea that has not been expressed yet, or a phenomenon that has not yet been observed.
There are probably plenty of other exceptions. Everything is just too broad a concept :o)
Besides, why aim for everything? Half the fun is in defining.
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Date: 2008-02-23 07:23 pm (UTC)Nope. Writing a poem about something pretty much means 'describing' so then you run into Schroedinger's cat and the uncertainty principle and that sort of thing. Or to give a simple exception, you couldn't write a poem about an idea that has not been expressed yet, or a phenomenon that has not yet been observed.
There are probably plenty of other exceptions. Everything is just too broad a concept :o)
Besides, why aim for everything? Half the fun is in defining.