Viewing Things at a Different Scale

1. Cole explains that he finds it "magically seductive" that there are things and events in todays world that are so much larger to scale or smaller scale that we as humans do not fully understand. He talks about the inner atomic life and the vast and complex cycle it goes through. In ways I agree with his thought process, it is very interesting that such things are out there but at the same time, I feel we have come along way in the scientific community and we understand the atomic life a lot more than the author seems to realize.
As stated previously, Cole suggested that all living organisms view the world in a different way and in a different scale than we do as humans. I have never thought of the world in that way before until he suggested it and I have to say it makes a lot of sense and I completely agree.
The fact that now I know what happens to a fly when it gets stuck in my soup will not really change the way I feel about it whatsoever. Now when it happens, I will know what strenuous activity the fly will be going through and continue to grow through until the day it dies. However at the same time, I will still think its gross that a fly has landed in my food and I will still not be able to eat it. This is because I have always felt this way about dirty flies landing in my food and I dont think it is weird nor cruel of me to think that way.

2. I believe that Cole quoted another author at the end of her piece to prove to herself and to her other readers that what she is trying to express is legitimate and other people see it the same way she does. It would not have had the same effect if she had just paraphrased or footnoted Schrodinger. One reason being the people do not usually read the footnotes anyway to be honest and to paraphrase in my opinion is the easy and lazy way out. This way she sound much more professional and it gets her point across much faster and eloquently. Through this realization, I noticed that Cole cited her sources in the way she did to make herself appear very professional.