I did always think of Heinlein as a strict rationalist, although a dispassionate examination of his works doesn't support that.

Truthfully, the person with whom I identified most in Heinlein's early works was Rhysling in 'The Green Hills of Earth.'

I wholeheartedly rejected anything remotely feminine but was not enthusiastic about anything masculine, either. I did not want to cook and have babies, and I did not want to be an engineer or a baseball player or a soldier or a politician or any of the myriad careers open mostly or solely to men. I wanted to be a poet.

I went to university in Colorado and studied art history. I did some photography classes there, although it felt really pretentious.

My question is, what is placebo? We hear the word and think it means 'fake.' Well, the placebo effect works. The more I think about supplements, the more I think it is in part about me supporting the patient.

I first read Heinlein when I was very young.