BIO-240 FA5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Group Cohesiveness
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Natural mechanisms/nature - science is concerned with explaining observed phenomena. Nature is focused in science class - things we can observe and measure/otherwise describe objectively. Supernatural - faith/religion are concerned with explanation of any phenomena. Supernatural things are not focused in science class - things we feel or describe subjectively - things we believe based on faith. It"s hard to live there and hard to explore/know what"s happening there. There are structure and phenomena that look similar but don"t follow the rules of dry land. To early peoples the oceans seemed endless and mysterious. Many myths deal with the ocean as a whole. There"s a lot of weird stuff to see and observe. Worms that are too small to see. Grunion that lay their fish on land. Truth in general is stranger than fiction. Giant organisms - whales, squid, loch ness monster - some are based on reality considering big animals can live in the ocean.