Chapter Nine:

I am enjoying Shubin's analogies very much. His analogy of the eyes being like a Chevy Corvette was very appealing. I understand where he came from considering the fact that archaeologists rely on collected history from previous fossils.

When Shubin talks about being in the dark, I couldn't help but think about when you lay awake in the middle of the night. It's when you're in the dark, and it's pitch black. But, after a while, you can start to tell what's what in the dark. It's the same thing as focusing a camera. Where you have to adjust the lens back and forth before you can get a clear picture.

The diagram Shubin showed of the different eyes really opened my eyes (pun not intended) to how differently we see things compared to animals. I always thought that anything with eyes sees the same. Reading about how differently we process images compared to animals and how similarly is interesting to learn about.