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ciderapples:

How is the universe like a Wittig reaction?

It’s driven by the stability of the Phosphorus-Oxygen bond.

Phosphorus: P; its name from the Greek, light-bearer, from its tendency to glow in the presence of oxygen.  Oxygen: O.  
 
 
 
One cannot find P by itself, out in the world. It finds O; it bonds; it holds tight.  
 
Chemists call them phosphates, dear, but you can call it love.

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