week 2 homework: check out the following link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopoiesis

I just read about the article but it's talking so complicated.

I feel like it's just saying "we make ourselves", "we make ourselves to make ourselves", "we make ourselves to make ourselves to make ourselves", and so on.

week 2 homework: how does Darwinism matter to me

Darwinism is very controversial both academically and due to religious reasons.

I feel Darwinism itself is romantic.

When something emergent happens some of our ancestor made their evolution and others not--make it or break it.

We are alive and make decision everyday.

Isn't like we make our evolution everyday?

week 2 homework: post thought on Evo-Devo

Evo-Devo is fairly new, highly interdisciplinary studies across different fields.

So it has many participants from many areas, and that's why it's so active and many discussions arise everyday.

How we developed? Why we developed in this way? What really made our evolution?

Many questions are still unrevealed, but that's why it's interesting.

week 1 homework: Darwinism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism

Basic idea of Darwinism: superior species thrive

Darwinism are controversial: in some country it involves religious argument

week 1 homework: choose one of this week's discussion to talk

This week we talked about animal intelligence.

We are pretty surprised that animals have intelligence, which means we essentially separate human beings from other animals.

But animal intelligence is just showing we, human beings are subgroup of animals.

We just live like animals.

We organize society, we compete, we help each other, we kill each other...

week 1 homework short bio intro

nickname: Nori

born in: Tokyo

Language: English, Japanese

formerly: college student

now: acchs English program 1st year