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QCCQ#1

Quotes:"Therearelimitstowhatthenakedeyecansee."NicholasWade,PortraitsOf

TheMind

Comment:WhatthisquoteissayingisthatthehumanIcanonlyseesofar,Youcan
seewhatsinfrontofyou.Howeveryoucan'tseewhatsinsidetheobject,theimage,
thecreature,orwhateveritisinfrontofyou.Thereisalimittoourvision.Itrelatesto
thebooksbiologyconceptbecauseforyearstechnologyhasbeenevolvingfordifferent
sortsofthings.Whenitcomestobiology,science,andchemistrywe'vedeveloped
technologytoseeandviewcloselytheanatomyoforganism,microorganism,
organelles,moleculesthatthehumaneyecan'tsee.EverythingfromtheskytoDNA
strand,tocells,totheinsideofacell,allthewaytothenucleus,atoms,protons,
neutrons.Thatisthereasonthisquoteissignificantbecausethehumaneyecan'tsee
anyofthisit'slimited.

Connection:Mybookisaboutthebrain,theanatomy,theinside,andthefunctionsof
thebrain.Thisquoteconnectstoalotofmypreviousreadingsinmybook.I'velearned
aboutthingsIdidn'tknowexistedinthehumanbrain.Sofar,I'vereadaboutthe
anatomyofthebrainIhaven'tgoneintothefunctionsofeachpartinthebrain.
However,whatI'vediscoveredismanypartsofthebrainfromthefrontallobe,to
temporallobes,tocerebellum,andthebrainstemsthingsIwouldneverknowifInever
readabookorseenthroughtechnology.ThisquoteisgoingtorelatethemoreIread
becauseonceIstartreadingaboutthefunctionsofthehumanbrainIwillstartlearning
thereactionsandwhatgoesoninthebrainandthingswillstartrevealingtomethingsI
canneverseewithmynakedeye.Thisconnectstoourcontentinbiologybecausewe
arelearningaboutcellsandmicroorganismthingsthattheeyecan'tseebutthe
microscopecan.

Question:RightnowIwanttothefunctionsofeverythingIwasintroduceto.Likehow
dothefrontallobeswork?Whydoesthebrainmanageyourwholebody?Howisit
possibleforthebraintobesoprecisewitheverything?Whyisitthatonelittleerrorin
thebraincanmessyouup?Isthebrainthemeaningofperfection?

QCCQ#2
Quote:"Themosttalentedscientistcanhavesomethingliterallyundertheireyesand
yetfailtointerpretorrepresentitaccurately."


Comment:Thisquotemeanstome,thatscientistcanhavewhattheyneed,everything
intherefacebutyettheycan'texplainitorrepresentit.Scienceiseverywhereallover
theplacebutyetyouseeitwhat'sgoingonbutyoucan'tquiteinterpretitaccurately.
Thisreferstoalotofscienceandbiologytopicsintherealworld.We'veexperimented
witheverycelleverythinginthehumanbody,we'veseenthesmallestthingspastthe
limitsofwhatoureyeandnewtechnologycansee.However,theonlywaytointerpretit
isthroughpreciseimages,artisticstructures,experimentsetc.It'sSignificantinmybook
becausetointerpretandrepresentthebrainisridiculouslycrucial,there'ssomany
functionanverysmallorganismthattheonlywaytogetanaccuraterepresentationisto
haveaprecisedrawings.Ichoosethisquotebecauseit'struenowtechnologyhas
improvedsomuchwecangetagooddescriptionofmostthing.

Connection:itconnectstoalotofthehistoryofNeurobecausebackintheTimesof
Golgimostoftheanatomyandfunctionsofthebrainweredrawnout.Whichwasn'ta
goodthingbecausetheycouldn'tdissectahumanotherthananimalandeachofthem
havedifferentbrains.Sotheywoulddrawoutwhattheyassumedthefunctionswould
looklike.Whichtheynowaremoreaccuratesincewehavenewtechnologyto
representit.Itwillconnectwithmorefurtherreadingsinthebookbecausenowwehave
thisnewtechnologyforNeurothatwedidn'tbackthenthatshowsmoredescriptive
accurateimageryoftheessentialfunctionsincellsandanatomytheofthebrain.This
quoteconnectstotheclassbecausesincewearestilldiscussingthestructuresofcells,
organelles,organisms,macromolecules,etc.Weareshownalotofdiagramsthat
representsalotofthesecellstructure.Forexamplethecellmembraneandcellwallwe
knowwhatitlookslikebecausewe'veseendiagramsthatarebasedoffnew
technology.

Questions:Willweeverfindawaytostopfailinterpretation?Isitinevitabletonot
interpretaccurate?

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