Trivia #5

1. China: A bitter dispute lays bare questionable practices in China’s foreign-talent programs.
2. Happy Birthday Galileo from Livorno, Italy. Whether Galileo Ferraris, not Nikola Tesla, should be credited with first inventing the polyphase electric motor was the subject of three lawsuits in 1901-05 and remains controversial today.
3. ADHD bullshit! From the standpoint of teachers, parents and the world at large, the problem with people with A.D.H.D. looks like a lack of focus and attention and impulsive behavior. But if you have the “illness,” the real problem is that, to your brain, the world that you live in essentially feels not very interesting.