Guy Savelli's role in the War on Terror began when half-a-dozen strangers, within days of one another, contacted him via e-mail and telephone in the winter of 2003. They asked him if he had the power to psychically kill goats. Guy was bewildered. He did not go around publicizing this. Who were these men? How did they know about the goats? He feigned a casual tone of voice and said, 'Sure I can.'Then he phoned Special Forces.

It's not a good idea to define the boundaries of normality by tearing apart people who are outside of it.

We're living in post-nuance online times.

Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere.

Feeling no remorse must be a blessing when all you have are your memories

Most goat-related military activity is still highly classified.

I have thought sometimes that the sanest people, the people who are just very balanced, very happy, are probably lower achieving than other people. My kind of irrationality happens to be fear or anxiety.