There's a short interview with me at the Scranton Times-Tribune -- it's their Saturday "Five Questions" feature so it's supposed to be funny rather than serious.
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Q: Maybe I'm naive but it seems kind of obvious that the brain is the mechanism that -- in the context of a person's life and…
Those are the dumbest interview questions I've encountered in a long time.
Oh, it's fine. It's just supposed to be a little sidebar feature. Harmless fun.