Chapter Eight

This chapter was really short, but still interesting. As I read its like Shubin can read my mind because whenever a question or a thought pops into my head Shubin addresses it almost immediately. I thought that it was cool to discover that what we smell is our brain's response to molecules floating in the air. I know I've said it before but this book is making me think about stuff that I just took for granted or never payed attention to. I never really thought about how we smell, how we inhale molecules into our nostrils which get trapped in the mucous lining. I just breathe and smell things without thinking about it. This book is opening up my mind to how much is going on in our bodies and how hard our bodies work so that we can do function and live life.