Keeping up with I MY-DASHIAN

Scientists have spent countless hours trying to figure out why humans do what they do. They investigate the causes and effects of biology and chemistry that create reactions to different occurrences such as eating, metabolism and even culture. Every so often, we hear the word "mutation". That term usually implies a negative thing -- cancer, illness, and any other unacceptable mind, body or brain activity that is out of the norm of physiology.

I am a scientist in the respect that I think and observe, and of course use my data to make decisions. After all, isn't that what science is about? Modern technology has given us the blessing and curse of information. The notion that the more information humans have access to, the better society will get is mostly true, but at the same time, sometimes it is better to not know, because our insanely complex brains choose how and when to process the information we receive.

I recently returned from a week-long vacation, where I escaped the daily Western grind for a long enough time only to realize that the majority of the people who I interacted with were cultural Americans who had the same human issues to deal with, that have been dealt with, and moved on from. People, like seasons go through changes. These changes are guided by environmental factors the same way a season changes. Based on the most widely used calendar, a year is 365 and one quarter of a day. The people who made this calendar also added a day every 4 years in order to create a normal equilibrium so seasons happen when WE want them to happen. The same applies to us; we expose our mind and bodies to all sorts of things, and act on our exposures. When we feel like there is something wrong, or our minds tell us that change needs to be made, and we act accordingly. A food hurts my stomach - I will avoid that food, a person annoys me - I will avoid that person; on the other hand, when a food makes you feel good - it is likely that you will enjoy that food more frequently, and when you like a person you will make it your business to see that person.

This form of human evolution is uberly evident. Humans are selfish. We do what we need to do in order to survive. Every single day, we practice the societal evolution that usually goes about unspoken. No matter what gender, people experience all sorts of physical discomfort, the only thing that we can do is alleviate the problems in the most efficient and effective way. Work is the same thing, no matter what profession you are in, we have become problem solvers. Our compensation reflects the value of the problem we need to solve.

Finally, no scientist will be able to adequately figure out the exact breakdown of one specific person no matter how hard they try. There is always going to be some type of barrier to some information that is essential to mapping out a human from the brain to the mind to the unconscious to the body.

It is my belief that members of our society will get to where we really want to be when we want to be there, but there is no formula to make that happen -- that's what I've realized on my vacation. What happens next?