Thank you, 1113. Most of these photos (hopefully not all) are happening inside you right now!. As CERN might represent to some (or many!) a scary down side to science, human microscopic research is part of science's promise of "A Better Tomorrow." "A Better Tomorrow" was the cultural mythology that was promised us (the world in general, specifically, though, the United States) of better living through astounding medical advances, space-age mass and personal transit, Utopian thought, and split second impulse satisfaction. "The Jetsons" might be the best representation of that pleasant, naive, delusional post WW2 dream/mentality that we thought would eventually be Our Future.
Where does cellular microscopic research fit in?
1. It re-enforces just how sophisticated and complex each of our bodies are. Every person you meet is a system so complex that our greatest scientific minds still can't fully perceive it holistically! Then factor in every other living organism, everywhere, throughout the world, extending to the world itself. The abstract notion of global cohesive inter-relationships and its overwhelming complexity becomes a bit more intellectually concrete.
2. It furthers our quest to unlock the gigantic (and probably quantum) mystery that is US. When we get closer to a fuller understanding of who, what, and how we are, a gigantic evolutionary jump in our consciousnesses is not far behind.
Maybe I am naive, but I certainly hope this is the path WE choose.
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