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I am not sure if I can say concretely what I learned after taking this class. I know that I solidified the fact that I am not by nature a philosophical thinker, and that after a fairly short amount of time, I lose patience with philosophical discussion because it seems so futile and pointless. I guess this sort of ties in with what I think I learned in the class as a whole. I think the most important thing that I learned is that I feel like I didn't learn anything. I know that doesn't make a lot of sense but it is the only way I know how to describe what I feel. The brain and the nervous system is so complex and variable that even the things we talked about in class about didn't really seem to illuminate the true nature of the nervous system. This isn't to say that I didn't discover new things about the brain and nervous system that I didn't know before, but I just feel like now that I know about those things without really knowing the true cause, I am worse off than I was before. They say ignorance is bliss and I feel that is definitely true in this case. Now that I am aware of things that the brain does without knowing why or how, I am just frustrated.

However, I did enjoy the class and the discussions (despite their philosophical leanings) and I suppose that the knowledge we were given throughout the course is a step in the right direction of finding the why and how so that future generations can benefit and maybe not be as frustrated as I am now!