This is the only light at the end of this particularly dark tunnel that I can offer today.
Rescuing Reality and the Future | Highly sensitive people in an insensitive world | and where does autism fit in?
I believe in aristocracy though.... Not an aristocracy of power... but of the sensitive, the considerate. …
Rescuing Science | Ghost Races – how David Reich and modern genetics have opened Pandora’s Box | Do you know who you are?
In 2016, the lid of Pandora's box opened wide and a whole mob of ancient ghosts whirled out.
Rescuing Reality | Christmas | Jesus is not the only reason for the season | Why the holiday is for everyone
I wish I had a dollar for every time I've had to read, or listen to someone say to me, or heard on TV/radio that 'Jesus is the reason for the season'. When my daughters were growing up, I encouraged them to appreciate and empathize with Christianity - many of their friends and schoolmates attended … Continue reading Rescuing Reality | Christmas | Jesus is not the only reason for the season | Why the holiday is for everyone
Rescuing psychology | socialization is good for us | but is it good for you?
What's good for some people sometimes isn't always good for everyone all the time.
Rescuing the Future | Artificial Intelligence | Is Superintelligence coming or not?
I still hope to one day meet and talk to a machine that is more intelligent than I am.
Rescuing Reality | Why reading and writing are older than talking
Whenever I see animal tracks ...... I'm always reminded of this obvious truth: that reading and writing are older than speech.
Autism | Theory of Mind | Do you think like a Baboon?
Sometimes psychologists try to explain autism using 'theory of mind'. Books on psychology devote whole chapters to theory of mind, but to keep a lid on this idea, I'll just quote Dictionary.com: the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc. Those … Continue reading Autism | Theory of Mind | Do you think like a Baboon?
Autism | Lack of creativity?
One morning this week, editing my 2012 journal, I came upon a surprise that surprised me again – in physicist Lisa Randall's book Knocking on Heaven's Door (her book about expectations for the Large Hadron Collider), near the end of the book, she makes a comment to the effect that some scientists, like autistic people, … Continue reading Autism | Lack of creativity?
Alan Conrad 