Biology Week 1

As I examine the interface between science, human biology and our technological evolution, time and time again it occurs that we are indeed animals ourselves. To often blinded by our primitive drives, we think we are civilized and fail to see the folly of our animal nature. Unable or unwilling to see our own shadow, we consider ourselves modern, evolved or civilized. We study and manipulate the physical world as if we are some how separate from it.
When we use scientific discovery to implant nano-chips to help restore sight, this is obviously a wonderful use of technology. I marvel how every time I read an article for example about moon phases or sleep cycles etc. it always comes as a surprise, we are intimately connected to the cosmos beyond which we can conceive. The fact that we would use narrow human intelligence to study animal intelligence and to try and out smart the infinite creation is a testament to our lack of conscious awareness of the interconnectedness of the web of life.

Hello All,
 Been living in the Bay area for about the last year after spending two years living in Taipei, Taiwan.
New to this blog-eat-blog world so don't know exactly what to say.
Spent four years at the Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin and now need a couple Western science classes to sit for the California Acupuncture Board. Great to meet some local folks and be in a learning environment again! Peace.