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I have been silently stalking this group on Serendip since its inception because it was having the sort of discussions I desired…

I love thinking about those broad trans-disciplinary problems.  My educational career tells the tale of my search for a greater range of perspectives.  I came to Bryn Mawr to major in chemistry and successfully completed it.  The part of subject that I found most appealing was biochemistry, so I decided to pursue a minor in biology.  The minor grew into the major.  Along the way, I took Grobstein and Krausz’s philosophy of science.  That led to an interest in philosophical thought and a return to the humanities.  This semester I am taking half humanities courses and half science courses.  So to sum it all up, I am concerned with the nature of inquiry and its relationship to disciplinary, institutional, or other frameworks. 

One reason for the delay in expressing my interest is a fear of commitment.  I am afraid that if I commit myself to a particular starting position, then I won’t ever be able to reach certain other areas.  I am thinking along the lines of selection rules in quantum mechanics stating that an electron can not get from a specific state to another specific state.