Final Thoughts

The work we did on Apotemnophilia was a great way to start off the class because it was not only shocking and a surprise but also an interesting way to look at science and the humanities. This topic doesn’t excite me because I feel empathy for the people that choose they have to do this to complete their ideal body image. It is very thought provoking how they consider that they must do this to themselves. I never could imagine how any doctor could get away with this.

It was a rather unpleasant thing to read because these people want to be disabled. I have to use the disability services at the U and it still bothers me that people would believe by making themselves handicapped they would be happier. I was really surprised when Ester said they she searched on youtube for this and there were a lot of videos involving sexual fetishes relating to this disease.

What we thought of that first day of class was: how does one measure insanity? The debate on this topic was intense. It was a great topic for the first debate because the way in which the underdog team (with out the debaters) came up with such a good game plan to win.

What themes and concepts I am going to take away from this is that our world is an extremely complex place. With the rise of technology, science and the humanities it will be every more complex years from now. This class was a great experience for me because it allowed me to learn about so many new things that I couldn’t learn about in another class in my major. I have always liked reading about science and this class has made me like it more and I am glad for that.