Weschler up to page 79

I really like this book because it seems as if we are discovering the mysteries of Mr. Wilson and the Museum of Jurassic Technology with the author as he is researching and making inquiries.  As we continue to read, we realize that a lot of the exhibits in the museum are false, or somewhat fake.  However, after Weschler does some research and talks to his biologist-friend Tom Eisner, Weschler starts to realize that even the seemingly make-believe exhibits like the ant one actually hold a good amount of truth in them.  This really throws him for a loop, because it seems like he can't figure out what is real and what is made up.  As I read the first several pages of Part II: Cerebral Growth, Weschler started to do some investigation into the origins of museums, and with the help of Wilson, learned about Wunderkammen  and early chambers of "wonders."  These early museums were not specialized like the ones we have today; they had scientific wonders, artistic wonders, and even some supernatural and religious wonders.  The purpose of these chambers of wonder was not to educate so much as it was to cause people to wonder about the exhibits as well as life around them.  Weschler is starting to see that the point of the Museum of Jurassic Technology is to really make people wonder.  Weschler talks about how some of the exhibits make people not only wonder about the exhibit itself, but also wonder if it is true, and I think that is the point that Wilson wants to make through this museum.  Wilson even says, "certain aspects of this museum you can peel away very easily, but the reality behind, once you peel away those relatively easy layers, is more amazing still than anything those initial layers purport to be.  The first layers are just a filter..." What Weschler wants people to do is look beyond the surface and wonder at things on a deep level.