tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post257784165255684011..comments2023-08-20T04:55:39.436-07:00Comments on Ars Psychiatrica: Darwin the ObserverNovalishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10501890494890617030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-15067610972580168432009-07-31T12:28:11.599-07:002009-07-31T12:28:11.599-07:00Nice follow up to the previous post.Nice follow up to the previous post.Dr Xhttp://drx.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-12938069897035007212009-07-31T15:50:25.326-07:002009-07-31T15:50:25.326-07:00Good stuff. Off to find some more of it...Thought...Good stuff. Off to find some more of it...Thought of the great scene in "Master and Commander" where the ship's doctor (a naturalist) is ecstatically collecting specimens only to spy a French ship. His disappointment when they have to curtail the exploration to warn their shipmates of the danger...<br><br>Wouldn't we all love to leave everything and everyone behind for a year or six and sail the globe exploring, gathering specimens, describing all the strange and wonderful sights along the way?! <br><br>A friend at work today describing to me, awestruck,the change in her kid (who she would describe earlier this year as not the brightest bulb in the box, nice but unmotivated) since his first trip abroad, to Japan to see a school friend's home and family. "He has stacks of books about Japan, and is starting to study Japanese and he never stops talking..." The stumbling youth woken up by travel.Retrieverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.com