Andrew Dalke schrieb:
> Peter Maas wrote:
>
>>I think Peter is right. Proceeding top-down is the natural way of
>>learning (first learn about plants, then proceed to cells, molecules,
>>atoms and elementary particles).
>
>
> Why in the world is that way "natural"? I could see how biology
> could start from molecular biology - how hereditary and self-regulating
> systems work at the simplest level - and using that as the scaffolding
> to describe how cells and multi-cellular systems work.
Yes, but what did you notice first when you were a child - plants
or molecules? I imagine little Andrew in the kindergarten fascinated
by molecules and suddenly shouting "Hey, we can make plants out of
these little thingies!" ;)
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