Ah, well, I have to thank good strong denial for that. For the longest time, I sincerely believed I was either going insane or having the world's longest hallucination.

[Denial is his bread and butter!]

Oh, certainly. Even examples I've seen while in ALASTAIR often combine the scientific with the supernatural. Intriguing stuff, really. Being in ALASTAIR certainly hasn't been boring, by any means.