Original sentence: He also denigrates the hysteria about global warming, denying that it is human caused, and he believes we are more likely entering an ice age.He is said to believe in astrology, as the introduction to his book states, "I was born at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time on December 28, 1944 in Lenoir, North Carolina.In Mullis' 1998 essay, Dancing Naked in the Mind Field, he relates a number of experiences that some consider strange, and which critics point out to question his scientific judgment.In one episode, he relates that he was walking alone at night, encountered a talking racoon who personally addressed him, and then lost all memory of what happened for the next 5 hours.Mullis has drawn controversy for his opposition to the HIV causal hypothesis of AIDS.See also AIDS reappraisal
Edited sentence: For the record: "I was born at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time on December 28, 1944 in Lenoir, North Carolina.He believes in astrology.He denigrates the hysteria about global warming, denying that it is human caused, and he believes we are more likely entering an ice age.He had another preaternatural experience for which he gives a parapsychological explanation.He was walking alone at night, he encountered a talking racoon who personally addressed him, and then lost all memory of what happened for the next 5 hours.If the following seems to emphasize the strange, it is only because  his 1998 essay collection Dancing Naked in the Mind Field does likewise.Kary Mullis is among a scientific minority that claims that there is no sufficient evidence for stating that HIV causes AIDS (see AIDS reappraisal).Mullis holds several highly idiosyncratic views.The strangest is a preaternatural experience alone in the woods at night which is very similar in form to the "alien abuction" experience; he doesn't claim it's actually attributable to aliens