I was certain that some people, whether by accident of birth or some pecularity of training, could tune in to another source of information and could know things about people we didn't think were possible to know.

Let's be clear: all professions look bad in the movies. And there's a good reason for this. Movies don't portray career paths, they conscript interesting lifestyles to serve a plot. So lawyers are all unscrupulous and doctors are all uncaring. Psychiatrists are all crazy, and politicians are all corrupt. All cops are psychopaths, and all businessmen are crooks. Even moviemakers come off badly: directors are megalomaniacs, actors are spoiled brats. Since all occupations are portrayed negatively, why expect scientists to be treated differently?

There isn't any delusion. It is absolutely clear that this body energy is a genuine phenomenon of some kind.

At forty, I was too old to work as a programmer myself anymore; writing code is a young person’s job.

I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood.

In science, the old men are usually wrong. But in politics, the old men are wise, counsel caution, and in the end are often right.

I was certain that some people, whether by accident of birth or some pecularity of training, could tune in to another source of information and could know things about people we didn't think were possible to know.