EPTOn January 21 2014 21:56 corumjhaelen wrote:
imo he's a pretty cool guy who's wrong about a lot of things and who knows it
imo he's a pretty cool guy who's wrong about a lot of things and who knows it
Wrong about what ?
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On January 21 2014 21:35 Boblion wrote: Btw are you playing FFH2 Sammie ? This is so much better than vanilla Civ IV. realism invictus | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On January 21 2014 11:55 sam!zdat wrote: also next time I post in the politics thread somebody just punch me. shouldn't even open the fucking thing. good thing kwark decided to take pity on me You really should have limited yourself to this threat  You will be missed here.Finished: ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41kI4iB3PLL._.jpg) A colleague gave this to me to improve my french. Funny and quite easy to read. By the way: Does anyone here have recommendations for texts in easy French? I really need to work on this... | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
After Faulker I needed something a little more straightforward so I'm reading Love in the Time of Cholera along with Sketches From a Hunter's Album(Turgenev). | ||
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stroggozzz
New Zealand81 Posts
Also, whats a good book i can read that explains how money is made in finance and speculation over the last 30 years? | ||
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Prog455
Denmark970 Posts
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stroggozzz
New Zealand81 Posts
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Prog455
Denmark970 Posts
On January 23 2014 08:36 stroggozzz wrote: wow that sucks. what did he post to get perma banned? Mostly politics related threads. You can read more about it here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=95875¤tpage=2174 | ||
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Advantageous
China1350 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + On January 21 2014 19:53 PVJ wrote: On January 21 2014 17:22 Advantageous wrote: Starting: ![[image loading]](http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1359882576l/168668.jpg) I was really interested in the rest of the book after finding a quote from the author, for a college course debate (if anyone was interested to why I was looking for quotes). From the quote I could tell that the book was about politics from a neutral perspective, and rather militant ideals that also link to the politics of a country. The quote was: Which was surprising to me, because I've always had this idea in my mind; just never thought someone have written a book with similar ideas/philosophy engraved into it as well. (Yes, I know this seems a bit naive of me, to think that no one would've written something along the lines of that idea.) + Show Spoiler + I don't normally read because nothing from today's literature intrigues me, the only books I have ever indulged in would just be the Harry Potter series, and that's when I was still in middle school. I don't find much joy in reading unless the material can really grab me, so looking forward to finding a second book and coming back to this thread for future suggestions. :D You know though that Heller maintained the idea that his books aren't supposed to say anything? So it's kind of ironic, this way, that you find his book intriguing for saying something you've thought of as well. I'd recommend Closing Time afterwards, although every other book he wrote is vastly different in setting, and plot, than C22. (Similar in tone and style but I'm not sure that is what you are looking for.) tnx for your input i'll definitely look into ur suggestion, but im not saying that heller's c22 had any theme of ideals or anything in general as to the whole book. im only indicating that i found his character's display of perspective and thoughts are intriguing. plus i havent read the whole book, so all i could say is idk. | ||
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Clbull
United Kingdom1439 Posts
On January 23 2014 08:37 Prog455 wrote: Mostly politics related threads. You can read more about it here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=95875¤tpage=2174 That guy is just hilarious. He's like one of those fedora wearing, self-proclaimed online 'intellectuals.' EDIT: The post that got him perma'd On January 22 2014 04:35 sam!zdat wrote: on the contrary, reality is that which, when you stop believing it, doesn't go away. you can't be a postmodern sophist AND a fairy-tale nostalgist, sorry. they should have been a little less proud of being whatever made-up ethnos and joined the revolution, instead they slaughtered each other pointlessly for their capitalist overlords. oh well User was banned for this and the other 5,000 posts like it. User laughed his arse off at this post. User was warned for this post | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On January 23 2014 09:35 Clbull wrote: That guy is just hilarious. He's like one of those fedora wearing, self-proclaimed online 'intellectuals.' EDIT: The post that got him perma'd User laughed his arse off at this post. The guy is in a Ph.D program, so there isn't really anything "pseudo" about it. He's pretty well educated on these topics. | ||
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Clbull
United Kingdom1439 Posts
I'm not looking for authors who look into hypnotic regression because there are many issues with it that discredit its value as evidence; I'd much perfer those who investigate cases of these memories occurring naturally in children. | ||
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Clbull
United Kingdom1439 Posts
On January 23 2014 09:49 packrat386 wrote: The guy is in a Ph.D program, so there isn't really anything "pseudo" about it. He's pretty well educated on these topics. I have a 2:1 History degree and could technically enter a Ph.D program if I wanted to right now. | ||
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stroggozzz
New Zealand81 Posts
Still, sad to see him go, he did reccommend a lot of good books, apart from all the continental philosophy stuff. | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On January 23 2014 09:55 Clbull wrote: I have a 2:1 History degree and could technically enter a Ph.D program if I wanted to right now. We're not discussing your credentials, but his. Also thank god for continental philosophy :p As for sam, he certainly is the tl poster who has had the most benefitial influence on me, so I'm obviously sad to see him go. And btw, started something he recommended : ![[image loading]](http://www.gandhi.com.mx/gandhi/images/Ingram/Xdl4rg3r/9780156027595.jpg) The Cyberiad. First short story is simply hilarious, Lem über alles. | ||
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lungic
Sweden123 Posts
Anyway, bought a book the other day: 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) ![[image loading]](https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1389319820l/9838297.jpg) (also at : http://www.fiftydangerousthings.com/) Essentially, do dangerous stuff with them, go up on the roof, change a tire on the car, throw (specific) stuff in the microwave. It's more or less a nice and humorous checklist of things to do. Also finished the "Uplift war" by David brin. Uplift war ![[image loading]](https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1375272637l/234489.jpg) I find Brins' series to be very good actually. None of the books by themselves is spectacular, they might even be somewhat generic or bland, but I find that as a whole he's succeeded in creating a great series. I'm not sure how that holds water, but somehow he's wrote a sci-fi series in the eighties that still has the feel of modern sci-fi, and probably will for a few years still. | ||
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Canada5565 Posts
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