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The World in a Baby’s Brain, Part 4
At NASA headquarters everything was abuzz as an unexpected solar flare was headed straight towards Earth. “How long before it gets here?” NASA administrator, James G Nash asked looking at the monitor on the wall of his office.
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Doctor Josh Mckenny was wading in a cool river high in the Appalachian Mountains while fly-fishing for trout. Having formerly been Doctor Robert’s assistant he had been drummed out of research when Roberts was carried away to the mental ward in Georgetown. He felt lucky he hadn’t been carried away as well.
As no one would hire him to do research because of his association with Doctor Roberts, he returned to his home in the mountains and started working as a hunting and fishing guide. The pay sucked, but at least he got to spend more time fishing.
He was teaching a group of forty something men who had never fished a day in their lives to fly-fish when two Secret Service agents appeared on the bank behind him. “Mr Mckenny,” one of the agents said holding up his badge, “we need to talk to you.”
“I told the IRS I would pay my taxes,” Josh said. “I’ve been making my payments most…
