Someone once said that my novel The Birdcatcher is just another version of the story of the Ugly Duckling ....
Rescuing Science | Evolution to be removed from textbooks in India?
It would be hard to find a religion with more room for science than Hinduism.
Rescuing Fiction | the quotable Birdcatcher | Are there any people more misunderstood than those who are solitary?
..... he and I stared at one another. Two men who despised one other, both knowing how easy murder was in the midst of combat.....
Rescuing the Future | Is the attention span of people dropping? | Then how do we explain the success of podcaster Lex Fridman?
Do you know about Lex Fridman's podcasts where he interviews interesting people - for hours? An AI researcher at MIT himself, Fridman got this idea of interviewing interesting people in depth. He began it with his 2018 interview with MIT physicist Max Tegmark, the Swedish scientist who is also deeply involved in the progess of … Continue reading Rescuing the Future | Is the attention span of people dropping? | Then how do we explain the success of podcaster Lex Fridman?
Autism | restricted activities and interests | Who says you’re restricted?
I used to think I didn’t read phone books, but........
Rescuing Nature | Are Mules really sterile? | Our prejudice against hybrids, even among ourselves
......who would have predicted that north Europeans and North American indigenous people share 20% of their DNA?
Rescuing Fiction | Dombey & Son | Charles Dickens the magician
.......this is a King Lear story, but with a different ending.
Rescuing Reality | The Birdcatcher, the Vietnam war, and autism | Michael Bowden and Huế 1968
......four dreams in The Birdcatcher lead Stone to a revelation about how autistic people have come to exist - to who they really are.
Autism | Is there a real definition of autism?
Recently I've developed an appetite again for reading about autism, but the trouble is that the more I read the more confused I get. Over 70 years since it was 'discovered' there still seems to be no agreement as to what autism is. If you go to the 2013 DSM-5 of the American Psychiatric Association, … Continue reading Autism | Is there a real definition of autism?
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