Biology Week 1 2019 Intro

Hey there friends, I'm Bridget. This is my third trimester at ACCHS, and I'm excited about being in this class as I've heard good things. As an herbalist and a healer, I'm always down to learn more about how everything works. 

The article on tetrachromia was really interesting, especially the concept that people who have this extraordinary condition don't know they have it. I wonder what the world looks like when you can see 99 million more colors than everyone else, and wonder if people with this condition are more likely to go into the arts. This also got me thinking about our other senses - are there people who have super-hearing, or super-smelling, or the ability to perceive a much lighter than average touch? Findings like these really touch on the diversity of humans, and how "normal" is so relative, like how there can be people walking around thinking they fall into "normal" categorization but really see 99 million more colors than everyone else.