February 11, 2014
An early end
1:13am
I was just woken up with alarming news--the Belgica II is sunk! They haven't even been gone for 24 hours yet--what the hell did they do?
3:45am
I have chartered a helicopter out to the site of the wreckage. Hopefully there will be some clues as to what might have happened. The helicopter ride costs more than the cardboard ship and the rats combined.
5:05am
Well the whole ship and her crew are gone. A cardboard safe-box was recovered, hopefully holding some key information as to how the Belgica II met her end. Perhaps Captain Fluffer-Nutter has somehow redeemed the mission with quick thinking and a sealed note of some kind?
6:19am
Managed to get a few photos of the destruction.
I honestly can't figure out how anything caught on fire.
I honestly can't figure out how anything caught on fire.
8:33am
It turns out that the cardboard safe-box wasn't a great idea--the ocean has turned it into little more than a handful of brown water-logged pulp. . If there was a note inside, we will never know what it said. I'm not even sure any of the rats could write.
9:56am
Upon reflection, I might have made actual sails for the ship instead of just cardboard cutouts of furled canvas taped to the rigging.
Surely, the whole experiment wasn't a waste. One of the things that the 47th-generation photocopied 6-page paperback book about the Second Grade Science Method claimed was that "even a wrong guess is a valuable discovery".......
Surely, the whole experiment wasn't a waste. One of the things that the 47th-generation photocopied 6-page paperback book about the Second Grade Science Method claimed was that "even a wrong guess is a valuable discovery".......
10:12am
Yeah, I don't think there was a valuable discovery.
11:49am
Feeling pretty blue about the whole thing. I honestly thought I was on to something. I keep asking myself: what did I do wrong? Was it writ that the Belgica II would sink, before I'd even constructed her? If I had been more intuitive, could I have sensed the impending disaster? Did I choose the wrong grade of cardboard?
No--I can't think like this. It is not my fault. It is not anybody's fault. Whether the circumstances that led to the Belgica II's demise were pre-ordained or simply the result of the bewildering randomness of the universe, the fact is they are gone. I can't blame myself.
If I have to blame someone, I'll blame Captain Fluffer-Nutter. He probably did something wrong anyway.
No--I can't think like this. It is not my fault. It is not anybody's fault. Whether the circumstances that led to the Belgica II's demise were pre-ordained or simply the result of the bewildering randomness of the universe, the fact is they are gone. I can't blame myself.
If I have to blame someone, I'll blame Captain Fluffer-Nutter. He probably did something wrong anyway.
1:05pm
Oh my God! I completely forgot about the control group!
3:19pm
Well, this is embarrassing... maybe I am not cut out for science--I completely forgot about the control group! I had left them in their box in my backyard, but it looks like maybe an owl or hawk or a cat or something ate them all. In any case, what smudges and smears are left of them on the patio are not going to be participating in the experiment any longer.
Does this count as a control? They all died. The experimental group all died, also.
Does this confirm the concept of polar madness? Did they experience Subliminal Distraction in a timeline different than our own? Maybe there wasn't owl or hawk or cat. Maybe they killed each other. And who is to say the Belgica II didn't suffer the same fate? After all, a rats life and a human's life are perceived differently in the time continuum. Maybe everything was accelerated.
Maybe I am a scientist after all! Because "...even a wrong guess is a valuable discovery"!
Does this count as a control? They all died. The experimental group all died, also.
Does this confirm the concept of polar madness? Did they experience Subliminal Distraction in a timeline different than our own? Maybe there wasn't owl or hawk or cat. Maybe they killed each other. And who is to say the Belgica II didn't suffer the same fate? After all, a rats life and a human's life are perceived differently in the time continuum. Maybe everything was accelerated.
Maybe I am a scientist after all! Because "...even a wrong guess is a valuable discovery"!
The question: Will the astronauts murder each other?
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My Guess: No
valuable discovery |
His Guess: Yes
correct guess |
I can do this.
Next: The Franklin Expedition
Next: The Franklin Expedition
