What with the society telling me over and over again that my sexual behavior is unnatural, I developed an inclination toward studying nature. As a student I thought I could pursue the desire – thoroughly boosted by the discovery that prehistoric insects trapped inside amber could lead to the cloning of dinosaurs – as a formal course. I wanted to be a genetic engineer.
But then math got in the way. No way I could stand in front of eminent scientists, George Bush, and Pope Benedict XVI, show them the cloned baby, and declare, “Jesus is back,” if I don’t know how to multiply fractions or if I panic at the sight of mathematical symbols.
So I became a “nature enthusiast” instead, which really is an excuse of sorts. I am a yoga enthusiast and not a yogi because I fall asleep while meditating. I can theoretically become a basketball enthusiast but never a basketball player because I lack the height. So there you go, the origin of a nature enthusiast.
So here’s my confession as a nature enthusiast. After climate change, my next nature obsession is the discovery by scientists that the Y chromosome is shrinking. Others actually estimate that it could totally disappear in 125,000 years. What this means is that men could vanish, replaced by asexual, all-female humans. Read the rest of this entry »
