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# You Tell a Story to Prove We're Doomed
- URL: https://www.andyposner.org/you-tell-a-story-to-prove-were-doomed/
- Published: 2023-01-29T21:04:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-15T05:02:55.000Z
- Description: But the thing about the apologue of the frog in boiling water is that it's scientifically false
- Author: Andy
- Tags: Be The Change, poetry, #Migrated-1784090317409, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-15 04:39

...As if I needed more reasons  
for despair.

But the thing  
about the apologue  
of the frog in boiling water  
is that it's [scientifically false](https://archive-srel.uga.edu/outreach/ecoviews/ecoview071223.htm?ref=andyposner.org)  
and we're not frogs  
anyway.