The sea squirt has a very simple brain which is used only to find a suitable spot to root itself for life. Once it’s settled into a spot, it no longer needs the brain, so it eats it. This has been compared by at least one Researcher to a professor receiving tenure at a university.
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Maybe I’m seeing things, but being a ‘researcher’ the past few months has somehow changed the way I observe everything. I tend to over-analyze - well, I’ve always done that, but now, I actually try to come up with a why and how, rather than the usual ‘mmm… that’s interesting’. Maybe it’s because I’m reading […]
(continue reading)The postman came visiting. I was here, but apparently the doorbell didn’t ring (right), and so I couldn’t sign for my new credit card. Instead, I found a note in my mailbox, informing me to go pick it up at the bank (this one organization serves as a bank, and as the central post here)… […]
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