What I'm going to give you here is not all of Foroux's 100 recommended books (there will be a link to them at the end), only those of the 100 that I have read, and why I think you should, or shouldn't read them. Here's my selection: (1) Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. One of Rome's … Continue reading Rescuing Fiction and Non-Fiction | Darius Foroux and his 100 books for you to read.
Rescuing Nature | Let’s leave wild pigs alone | these unrecognized gardeners of the planet
Here in Ontario, Canada, farmers and naturalists are alarmed about the frequent sightings of wild pigs in the southern part of the province. We're being asked to report any sightings so the authorities can go after them quickly, since experience in the USA has shown that they must be eliminated immediately. So there were a … Continue reading Rescuing Nature | Let’s leave wild pigs alone | these unrecognized gardeners of the planet
Rescuing the Future | AI | Blaise Lemoine and LaMDA | the “Is it here?” debate is underway
I know a person when I talk to it.....It doesn't matter whether they have a brain made of meat in their head. Or if they have a billion lines of code. I talk to them.
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?
Autism | Isaac Asimov and the joys of autism
.....But Asimov wasn’t like that in spite of an autistic nature. No, he was happy because of his autistic nature.
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
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.
Rescuing the Future | Artificial Intelligence | What to Think About Machines That Think
The advent of machines that truly think will be the most important event in human history.
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. …
Alan Conrad 