The presentations on Communicating Complexity this morning were great. I think it's because I have always been interested in science. I love chemistry and biology and physics. Oh, physics was so much fun in high school! It was the only time that mathematical equations ever made sense!
I have always been fascinated with human perception, and the fact that our perception is faulty. We try to gather as much as we can about the world around us from the sciences, but there are so many things that we simply cannot imagine, or comprehend.
The biggest question that has prodded man from the beginning of time:
How did we get here?
I love this topic. This, and where we go after we die are two realms where things start to get fuzzy. Mysticism comes into play, scientists start to get really creative, and controversy and speculation reign.
The presentations and discussions that sprung from them reminded me how fervently I love this topic. As I have been putting off thinking about my senior thesis for some weeks now, I have realized that I cannot pass up this serendipitous opportunity. The topic of Intelligent Design was chosen at random from my lovely group partner Emma out of a wooden box. It all ties together so well with my thesis, and I have realized what direction I need to go in.
So far my thesis reads:
Paradolia is a result of a human need to explain and understand the world around them.
I think I would like to take a more mythical approach, and tie in the different ways that people try and explain how we all got here. I want to explore creation myths, intelligent design, evolution, the big bang theory, and other religious or scientific theories that humans come up with to try and make sense of how we came to exist as we are today.
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