Sitting in my genetics class

While listening to the lecture, I had one of my rare and humbling moments when I realize how absolutely, fantastically, ridiculously amazing life is. The fail-safes in our genetic code... the amazingly organized ballet of transcription and protein production... the development of an entire organism from one fertilized egg cell... everything about life is staggeringly beautiful. Anyone who feels like "miracles" are amazing should take enough science courses to see that reality is far more amazing than any story in a book. I've had so many people tell me that it cheapens life to say it all came about by chance - but I think it makes it so much more valuable.

Evolution can be funny, too.