Do you have rEQUISITE kOOKINESS?

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Nikola Tesla had a deep platonic love for a white dove. Feynman was into the bongoes, safe-cracking, and Mayan hieroglyphics. Charles Babbage, ‘father’ of the modern computer, was a fervent campaigner against organ grinders and all street musicians. Margaret Mead was into psychic phenomena. Stafford Beer would drink a Tequilla Sunset every day at sunset, believing it grounded and connected him to the world. Ackoff was against exams and grading. Maturana believed love is a fundamental biological force.

And while deep religious beliefs are ‘normal’ again, and meditation is mainstream, they all underline that whether deep spiritual tradition or new-age crystal healing, we are all deeply weird and strange beings. I’ve been enjoying the We Can Be Weirdos podcast from Dan Schreiber (and, deeper, Weird Studies from Phil Ford and JF Martel). They show that normality is only skin deep.

Dan uses ‘the batsh*t list’ (the word is a compliment in his world) to test how many beliefs on the list guests hold.

I’ve done my version of the list attached (I don’t think the full thing is yet published).

The Rough Corner (your turn):- how many did you score?- is there anything you’d like to share??

‘And those of you who have taken this trip as a straight edge square, well, you’ve chosen the farest-out trip of all!’ Alan Watts

Let’s embrace and enjoy our weirdness :-)