holy updates, batman!

Huh, I've lost all capacity to write about things...Logged onto blogspot and end up with nothing interesting except describing my thought process. I have been reading alot lately. Read both Brave New World and The Emperor of Scent basically in the space of my last update. Both turned out to be great reads. The first I read out of a curiosity, the second I was effectively forced to read, with my mom pestering me nearly every day, I really had no choice in the matter. What I found remarkable with The Emperor of Scent is that it gives a detailed description of the scientific peer-review process. The book is about a man called Luca Turin who advances his theory on how the nose detects odors. His theory is that the nasal receptor proteins act like electron-tunneling microscopes in that they take a molecule and pass electrons through its bonds. The amount of energy the electron looses can be read as a wave number, thus rendering a unique smell. This is contrary to the well established theory that our nose contains receptors for each smell conceivable: one smell to one receptor. His scientific pursuit along with the common personal references and humorous dialog make this a great read. Brave New World was great, as I am a man of dystopian fiction. I feel as though I was connected with the 'savage' character in that I picture myself as a person between established societal extremes of solitude and communal-ism. In the old society in the book, the exclusion from community activities is looked upon as punishment, whereas in the advanced society, solitude and independent thinking is eliminated in favor of continuous activities involving more than one person. That alone horrified me about this dystopian novel. Being forced to be with people all the time under threat of expulsion from the community? Quashing all novel thought with mindless entertainment? Well, that is already on its way, its not being imposed through drugs and public policy yet, but it seems believable to me. That, my friends, is truly terrible. To me, at least. There, that was a pretty beefy update, I am quite proud of myself, readership. Until next time.