I was brought up as an atheist, but as an adult and a scientist, I believe that we cannot prove the non-existance of a Deity, and I have lots of people in my life who have assorted faiths, so being overtly atheist somehow seems wrong to me, so I'm officially agnostic; I'm a 'don't know'. This seems to be a respectful and honest position to take.
I attended a York in Transition meeting last night, the first Solar Panel Buyers Club. I was planning to extol the benefits of bulk buying this type of hot water system, but news this Monday morning from another airport protest means that some of this post will be discussing that too.
Regular readers will remember that a year ago I managed to secure an appointment at The Maudsley Hospital to find out if my unusual spectrum of behaviours meant that I had ADHD. I had self-diagnosed up to 10 years previously after friends kept on mentioning it to me and I'd seen some livlely 'labelled' kids when working as Professor Fiddlesticks, whose demeanour reminded me of my own childhood. However, at that assessment, I was told that I may have had ADHD as a child but didn't have it now... but might be on the Autistic Spectrum, such as Aspergers Syndrome with hyperactivity. This was a shock, as although I'd recognised I had some Aspergery traits, I had never considered that I might actually be Autistic!
