Maya,

I think you expressed this sentiment very well; thanks!

Todd

> I like learning about the nature and history of the universe because I see
> this universe in ourselves everyday. We aren't just casually involved.
> We are a product, prehaps one of the more important products, of this
> amazing process, and in that, we embody it. Looking at theories of the
> beginning of the universe and its current state is like looking deeply
> into ourselves, for the same laws that govern the galaxies govern our own
> neurochemistry. In being a student of human nature, I have to also be a
> student of the nature of the universe, for the Big Bang and the laws and
> patterns that continue to guide it led to the complex self-aware situation
> that is the human being. I have to learn and know about these laws
> because it enhances my understanding of, and confirms my suspicion of,
> patterns in human behavior and psychology. I like to see how my need for
> chocolate cake (or for social assimilation) mimics an atom's need for an
> extra electron (or for the company of another atom.) Since our needs and
> our thoughts boil down to processes in our biochemistry, I don't see how
> we can understand ourselves deeply without looking into the nature of the
> elements and forces that make up and govern the universe of which we
> were born.
>
> Maya Lessov
> Vancouver