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Fergus Murray

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Understanding Others: Other Minds; Strangers

I’ve recently finished three nonfiction books, and without particularly planning this, I realised that they complement each other very…

Jan 18

Understanding Others: Other Minds; Strangers

Jan 18

Autism ‘Symptoms’ are no such thing

Why the framing of autistic characteristics and behaviours as ‘symptoms’ is misleading, harmful and helps nobody

Jan 16

Four silicone-covered magnets in different shades of green, with different surface textures.

Jan 16

Neurodiversity and Science

Is neurodiversity scientific? It’s an interesting question, which perhaps hasn’t received as much attention as it deserves.

Jan 6

Neurodiversity and Science

Jan 6

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Electing ‘None of the Above’

Abstention-Based Sortition: a tonic for electoral malaise?

Aug 21, 2024

Pie chart of election results showing No Vote on 40.3%, Con on 14.4%, Lab on 20.4%, Lib on 7.7%, Reform on 8.8%, Green on 4.0% and nationalists on 2.3%.

Aug 21, 2024

Weirdness and the Right

At the time of writing, the USA’s Democratic Party has recently hit on a new line of attack against their far right opponents (Trump…

Aug 3, 2024

A tweet by Sean Thomason @TheThomason from the 29th of July 2024: Basically, people who don’t mind being called weird are “good weird.” People who get mad when they’re called weird are “bad weird.”

Aug 3, 2024

Autism and Mainstreaming

The Presumption of Mainstreaming in Scottish Education

May 6, 2024

A video still of the author, a white person with light hair and glasses, pausing in mid-flow with a sceptical expression. Their room is full of books, art and musical instruments.

May 6, 2024

My Mum and Monotropism

Mar 15, 2024

Dinah wearing her Productive Irritant badge with pride; and a deep, well-lit tunnel.

Mar 15, 2024

Anger and Power

I have a complicated relationship with anger: it’s a complex emotion, which shapes all of our lives on multiple levels…

Nov 22, 2023

A clay sculpture of an ambiguous animal gives a long, silent howl of indignation.

Nov 22, 2023

Elon Musk’s Autistic Anti-Patterns

How Not To Do Being Autistic

Dec 27, 2022

A much-used internet meme: Weird nerds jumping in to defend Elon Musk from valid criticism. The weird nerds here are represented by Apu from The Simpsons.

Dec 27, 2022

Colours, Categories and the Pursuit of Objectivity

Also available as video or audio.

Nov 11, 2022

Colours, Categories and the Pursuit of Objectivity

Nov 11, 2022

Fergus Murray

Fergus Murray

they/them

Monotropic science teacher. Lives in Edinburgh, writes about neurodiversity, science, politics and things. Aka Oolong, or Ferrous. https://oolong.co.uk

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