The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird By Dan Schreiber

I knew Dan Schreiber from his work on QI as an elf, and also the Museum of Everything, and There’s no such thing as a fish. All of which are worth checking out if you haven’t heard of them.

I had previously bought some QI books because, er, I find them Quite Interesting. So the all-knowing algorithm thought I might like The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber.

What a clever little algorithm. I loved it. Thank you robot master.

The Blurb

I was going to give a synopsis, but for this type of book, the blurb is better.

So here you go:

Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Will we ever travel back in time? Are we being visited by extraterrestrials? Will we ever talk to animals? Are we being told the truth? Are mysterious creatures roaming the Earth? And why, when you’re in the shower, does the shower curtain always billow in towards you?

We don’t know the answers to any of these questions (that includes the shower-curtain one, which is a mystery that has eluded scientists for decades, and which they are still trying to solve). But don’t worry, no matter what questions you have, you can bet on the fact that there is someone (or something) out there, investigating it on your behalf—and Dan Schreiber collects their latest findings.

From the Silicon Valley tech billionaires currently trying to work out whether or not the universe is one giant video game simulation to the self-proclaimed community of Italian time-travelers who are trying to save the world from destruction; The Theory of Everything Else will act as a handbook for those who want to think differently.

Blurb came from Amazon

Schreiber finds a lot of interesting things

Dan Schreiber clearly loves a good tale that is – at least potentially – based on fact. Something I’m particularly fond of myself. (Check out my Medium profile – I write a lot about weird historical stories.) A lot of mad stuff happens daily around the world and always has.

My day job is journalism, and as I am based in Bangkok I’m a member of the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Thailand (FCCT). There are a lot of fascinating talks about the region that happen at the FCCT, but I always find myself drawn to the weirder talks – like a recent one where professional journalists and trackers tried to find if there really was a yeti.

When I was a kid, I had a much-thumbed hardback of Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World and other books about the occult, mysterious, and so on. I also love weird science and odd discoveries. The Theory of Everything Else scratches a similar itch but in a highly readable and entertaining fashion.

If you have similar interests, like QI, or stuff like There’s no such thing as a fish, then this book comes highly recommended. I wish Schreiber would write more as this was fun.

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