exfuckingactly.

not to mention, most people's bucket lists are nothing more than a travel/destination wish list.

great book actually :thumbsup

who cares if that's what someone else wants to do? I mean really, do you give the slightest fuck if some other person wants to get x followers on instagram, or makes a list of places they've visited, or does anything they want to do that doesn't directly impact your life?

My post was an observation and opinion of the times we live in, which is exactly what literature does. Nothing more.

Are you really this simple?

I must be :thumbsup

It's been ages since I did a lot of reading.

If memory serves, the last book I read cover to cover was Broca's Brain, Carl Sagan.

Seems level headed but has much faith in things that cannot be proven and are without evidence. Dawkins is a scientist through and through.
I can't do it, I can't buy into a bunch of esoteric non-sense without much evidence.
Scientific principles are not in question, Rupert only questions the scientific dogmas that abound.

I've read twenty some odd off the first list and thirty some odd off the second. I read freaky fast and often, but I don't really see the selling ponts on most of those.

Rupert Sheldrake is a scientist. He has a PhD in biochemistry and the body of his work was in cell biology. IN 2012 he was called "one of the brightest Darwinians of his generation."

There's nothing esoteric at all in his research. What he's researching is both consciousness and also how differentiation is established in order to solve the problem of why things take the shapes that they do.

He uses science to analyze science and is very unemotional about it. Where as Dawkins tends to be a long drawn emotion based rant for his ideas and against anyone that questions them.

If you read Sheldrake, he's never denied or disputed the Theory of Evolution. ** BUT ** He's also has never supported it. Instead he quickly points out that Theory of Evolution remains just a theory. And even if it were proven to be factual it in of it self would neither prove nor disprove the existance of a force refered to as God. Evolution would simply disprove claims made in the religious texts of certain religions.

Sheldrake is definately outside the orthodox of current scientific dogma. But so was Copernicus and many many others.

100 books is fine with me :)

everybody books should dies before they read.

100 books should dies before everybody read

I agree 100% ... I think.

You're comparing your little rant to literature but take umbrage to people documenting their travels and food consumption? Surely using your logic this is travel journalism and food journalism respectively ...

I personally see nothing wrong with the social aspect of the internet that gets people reading. When I was at school, we had a "library period" a week where we were made to choose a book and check it out of the library. These days kids seem content to sit in and play video games.

Calling someone simple just because they have a different opinion to yours is ridiculous.

P.S.: Jel, if he starts calling me names can we setup a support group?

Nice list. Thanks!

Second list is really perfect... :) thanks for sharing... :)

I think you are missing the point. It is more they don't want to miss something. For some it is the look at me aspect but for others it is the really cool experience that is readily attainable that they missed.

Well how else would you discover some book if not from some recommendation? I mean you would not blindly go and say - this book has a nice cover, maybe I should try reading it.
It does not necessary have to be a "list", but you get recommended or read about the book somewhere before buying. Or I do not know, maybe some people just buy blindly :)

Aside from the fact that these lists in OP are not quality - the purpose of such lists is that people who read many books might find some new ideas of what books they possibly pay attention to. Something similar to when you want to watch some movie and since you watched "all of them" you may go to some top 100 list to get ideas. Not that the lists TELLS you to watch it, you just go and fish for something new.

important people? Says who ?

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