I enjoyed some of the discussions we had in class last week. Particularly the conversations based around Fukushima. It's very interesting how America chooses to portray the issues around the radioactive spill versus what happened to the people of Japan. Would we be focusing on even the radioactivity if we knew it wasn't going to hit "our" waters? I don't think so. This issue is focused on in the oddest ways. Yes, we all want to eat fish that healthy and from clean waters, but is this really the big issue here? What about the effects of our planet in general? I liked the comments from Sarah and Ayo too, in the way that we've chosen to ignore the direct effects this earthquake and tsunami had on the people.
Learning about cells can be very interesting because of the fact that they are micro looks into the world in general. All the parts up of a cell make up one living unit that's capable of reproduction, signaling, making proteins, excreting, etc. It's interesting to think that in a few hundred years we may find out there are even smaller examples of living units, and on the same note, finding out there are even bigger units (ie bigger than the universe). We always think we get to the bottom of our findings, but there's gotta be even smaller and larger examples. I'm currently learning about our own micro orbits that go on within our bodies and how that mirrors the universe we live in. The cell anatomy and physiology also relate to this. Just smaller versions of our world.
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