So let me see. During my first 12 school years, I read between 2 and 4 books a day. Two books every afternoon when I came home from school during school days, and four books - two in the morning and two in the afternoon during vacation.

I read randomly. I didn't realize that made me unfocused. There are a lot of people who would disagree with that assessment of me.

Since then, for the past half century, I've read between 5 and 7 books a week. I'll be 70 this year. I still read randomly - both fiction and non-fiction.

I haven't met any aliens, monsters, vampires or zombies. I haven't met invisible men, talking dogs, or fairy godmothers. So I'm not sure why what you read draws those kind of people into your life and not into mine.

And I'm certainly not sure why 'reading something that generates patterned imaginations' has not become a 'reality,' in my life.

Despite having read books on psychology, neurology, geology, biology, self-help, spiritual, adventure, sci fi, paranormal, western, physics, history, geography, romance, financial, paleontology, architecture, archeology, photography, mythology, etc., I cannot see how they have changed me. I don't think books have ever changed my character. They have certainly supplied me with a lot of knowledge, though.

You say you can highlight why you don't like certain books, but you don't say what you don't like. I would certainly like to know why you don't like certain books. You see, that will tell me something about you.

It doesn't matter what books you bring to your shelves. The more you read, the better you become at critical thinking. It is people who read the same kind of books over and over again who become brainwashed. That's why people who go to religious services all the time believe in gods. They are brainwashed, because when the brain hears or sees or reads something over and over again, it thinks that is the truth. The brain accepts all things as true when they are repeated over and over again - even when they are not true.

That is why it is important to read widely. Let's say you read 60 books on psychology. There are many different points of view. By the time you have finished reading them, you will have a fair idea of what is true and what is not.

Same thing happens when you read the news (not watch TV) every day. If you read the news from the UK, Germany, France, Australia, Africa, etc. by the time you have finished, you will have a good idea of what is true and what is propaganda. That's because generally countries outside our own tend to be more accourate about our own countries.

I have never had any desire to improve myself. So long as I do the right thing in all situations i.e. live ethically, I don't see how focusing on improving myself prevents climate change or fixes up economijc inequality.

Psychologists will tell you there is no such thing as emotional intelligence. Then, again, there is no such thing as god either. Doesn't stop people from believing there are.