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This class has caused me to view many things in a different light. I can take a step back and view emotions, interactions, relationships all in an evolutionary manner. All of these things and many more abstract things have evolved into what they are now. Stories evolve, science evolves, everything has changed into something different than what it was in the past. Rather than being wrapped up in my own personal problems, I now view myself and the rest of the human race as a species. By viewing the human race as a species, I can see more easily how emotions that I feel are evolved traits. Is this useful? I think it can be when I'm overwhelmed with a certain emotion. To see this emotion from a birds-eye view lessens the emotion and can therefore bring me back to normality. The other side of this is taking the importance out of feeling certain emotions. Some emotions should be felt. By now having the ability to trivialize emotions, I fear that I may not feel a certain emotion to the extent that I should. Maybe this is a temporary ability after taking this class. I guess I will just have to wait and find out...