Has anyone read any good books lately?
Just read
Paul Fussell. "BAD Or, the dumbing of America."
Persnickety, too narrowly elitist in places, perhaps, but often on the money, especially in regard to the chapter on colleges/universities.
I agree with him that too many people receive "higher education" in America at terrible, diploma mill schools and that the nether tier is far lower down in the money-grubbing dirt than many realize.
Paul Fussell. "BAD Or, the dumbing of America."
Persnickety, too narrowly elitist in places, perhaps, but often on the money, especially in regard to the chapter on colleges/universities.
I agree with him that too many people receive "higher education" in America at terrible, diploma mill schools and that the nether tier is far lower down in the money-grubbing dirt than many realize.
milestones | 3 years ago
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Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita: Excellent word play. Although, I did feel at times as if I were committing some form of vicarious sex crime just by reading it.
Julian Jaynes's The Origin of Consciousness in the Break Down of the Bicameral Mind: Still not finished yet, but some of the concepts are interesting.
Daniel Dennet's Freedom Evolves: Great exploration of the concepts of determinism, free will, and (what he refers to as) unavoidability.
Julian Jaynes's The Origin of Consciousness in the Break Down of the Bicameral Mind: Still not finished yet, but some of the concepts are interesting.
Daniel Dennet's Freedom Evolves: Great exploration of the concepts of determinism, free will, and (what he refers to as) unavoidability.
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I cracked up when I read your description of Lolita. Those were my sentiments exactly: Lolita is a beautifully written, morally questionable book. But in the end, I quite enjoyed it.
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Uses and Abuses of Intelligence: Studies Advancing Spearman and Raven’s Quest for Non-Arbitrary Metrics, edited by John & Jean Raven
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The Brain that Changes Itself - Norman Doidge
-- is about neuroplasticity, its significance and how it got to be accepted in the scientific community.
The Stars' Tennis Balls - Stephen Fry
-- was a very good read.. is supposedly based on the count of monte cristo
-- is about neuroplasticity, its significance and how it got to be accepted in the scientific community.
The Stars' Tennis Balls - Stephen Fry
-- was a very good read.. is supposedly based on the count of monte cristo
sygenator | 3 years ago
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cognitivefun | 3 years ago
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1.Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, David Foster Wallace.
2.The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Philip K. Dick
3. Steps, Jerzy Kosinski
2.The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Philip K. Dick
3. Steps, Jerzy Kosinski
dehmigaahd | 3 years ago
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