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I've officially become a flip-flopper and I'm damn proud (or maybe my brain is just tired).

Although I tend to stick to my convictions (and am capable of arguing my point until I'm blue in the face) I've realized slowly that my current opinions contradict some of those that I've held for the majority of this course. Recently, i have expressed confusion regarding evolution, from the standpoint of a biology major, English minor.

I remember blogging that I had lost my ability to enjoy literature while considering evolution. Though those sentiments were true with regards to the novels we have read since the beginning of the literature section, I find I am now more confused reading scientific texts. The conversation about published articles and truth (discussed last Tuesday) really set me up for my two biology classes, in which we are constantly reading up on new discoveries. Though I find them (the articles) interesting, I am no longer anxious to jump the gun and consider the future evolution about Topic A, B, etc. addressed by them. One step in a positive direction does not illustrate the journey to come. In this way, On Beauty and Howards End have helped me to consider scientific evolution, because whereas in literature, we can often see to the end, there simply is no such concept in Science.