Investigator Lheal Chormnast writes [AIR 15:5]: You are going to hate me, and maybe you already do. But I have happy news! I apologize for taking up your time and so very many pages of your letters column. Thank you for publishing my now-sadly-lengthy series of letters (most recently in AIR Vents 15:4) in reproducing […]
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Overhanded Imaging
“Perhaps one of your readers can solve this mystery. This drawing is in two of three copies I own (yes, I am a book collector) of the 1895 book 400 Versuche aus dem Gebiete der Mechanik, Akustik, Wärme, Optik, Elektricität. Uebungsbuch für den Experimentirkasten, Meiser and Mertig, editors, (4th edition, Dresden, Selbstverlag). My third copy […]
Schizophrenics as Tour Guides (3)
So many people cry that we should “get the schizophrenics off the streets.” Your editorial explains why, in some cases, that is exactly the wrong thing to do. While many schizophrenics are ill-equipped to function on their own, a surprisingly large percentage would thrive if they were given work that so well suits—and celebrates—their strengths. […]
Schizophrenics as Tour Guides (2)
Having undergone the training to become a tour guide, and having done the work for several summers when I was younger, and having over many years observed and interacted with many of the native London schizophrenics, I am certain that these gentlemen and ladies will, on the whole, be much better at the job than […]