From time to time I defend hunting on this site, as I did in my post this week about wild pigs. But that doesn't mean I defend all hunting. This week I learned we have reached the 7th anniversary of the death of Cecil, the famous male lion in Zimbabwe shot by a paying trophy … Continue reading Rescuing Nature | the Return of Cecil | when hunting goes bad
Autism | Were early humans autistic?
Do you ever wonder why ancient humans spread over most of the planet? It was a very unusual thing to do. The only other large land mammal that has come close is the wolf, and they never managed to get to South America or Africa. Yet by at least 13,000 years ago, humans were on … Continue reading Autism | Were early humans autistic?
Who is Alan Conrad?
.....in the same way that Eric Blair grew to like being George Orwell, I’ve begun to like being Alan Conrad.
Rescuing Psychology | C. G. Jung (and me) vs the Jungians
The trouble started with a discussion of the word 'numinous'.
Rescuing Reality | How to enter the wild natural world | Just stop talking
Stop talking so much; listen, use your eyes, watch the wind..........
Rescuing psychology | The Big Five Personality Traits | Shouldn’t it be the Big Ten?
Let's look at the enigmatic “Big Five Personality Traits" again. They aren't new. The idea began in United States Air Force in the 1950s, then psychologist J.M. Digman proposed the "five factor model" of personality in 1990. Human resource departments in large corporations have been using it for a long time to assess potential employees. … Continue reading Rescuing psychology | The Big Five Personality Traits | Shouldn’t it be the Big Ten?
Paranormal World | children who remember past lives | Let’s look at Veer Singh again
Among my new posts, those on autism draw the most visits to this site. But with older posts, those about Ian Stevenson and his investigation of children who talk of past lives get more traffic than all the rest put together. Scientist Carl Sagan, now deceased, always a big sceptic of anything paranormal, found these … Continue reading Paranormal World | children who remember past lives | Let’s look at Veer Singh again
Rescuing the Future | Me and (I hope) you vs The Apocalypse
I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone talk about the end of the world, or Humankind destroying itself - in a word, the coming Apocalypse. I once had a discussion with a fundamentalist Christian in which I was trying to find out whether he really believed in the Apocalypse described … Continue reading Rescuing the Future | Me and (I hope) you vs The Apocalypse
Paranormal World | A boy and his pigeon
The next time you're sitting somewhere with a coffee one morning, consider for a moment the possibility that you may be performing that act in 10 dimensions.
Alan Conrad 