This
reading is very hard to understand, some topics Kubler mentions is hard to
grasp. One thing that interested me in this piece is where he talks about
talent. He states that “the great difference between artists are not so much
those of talent as of entrance and position in sequence” (6). This statement is very true, the person who
did it first will be the one who gets the most credit. He also talks about “undiscovered
talents” (6) which I agree his point on. Someone could have done it first but
because it was not shared with others or published, that person will not get
credited for it.
The
statement “Purpose has no place in biology, but history has no meaning without
it.”(7) confused me. For me I think it is the other way around, I think Biology
has purpose and history does not. Sure some histories about war may have a
purpose of helping us avoid conflicts and mistakes but in reality even with the
knowledge of history we still make the same mistakes. But Biology definitely has
a purpose. It is the reasoning for everything we are and everything around us.
