Seeing that book by LeDoux puts me a bit off. LeDoux is a very good cognitive scientist, and he knows his science - he is not speaking outside of his field. I've not read his book, so I can't comment beyond that - but I've often found that popular science books on psychology misrepresent the science - even when (ghost)written by renowned scientists of the field.
As for myself, I'm back to reading articles and books on learning theory in preparation for an exam, and after that its reading on evolutionary psychology and morality and psychology and law. I'm afraid I won't get back to proper reading for at least a couple of months.
What are you reading now?
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Just finished re-reading the Baroque Cycle Trilogy by Neal Stephenson. Not as good as Cyptonomicron or The Diamond Age. But chocca-block full of historical sillyness!
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Well, considering emotions are his focus of study, Id have to say the book is very well written so far.Comte de Saint-Germain wrote:Seeing that book by LeDoux puts me a bit off. LeDoux is a very good cognitive scientist, and he knows his science - he is not speaking outside of his field. I've not read his book, so I can't comment beyond that - but I've often found that popular science books on psychology misrepresent the science - even when (ghost)written by renowned scientists of the field.
As for myself, I'm back to reading articles and books on learning theory in preparation for an exam, and after that its reading on evolutionary psychology and morality and psychology and law. I'm afraid I won't get back to proper reading for at least a couple of months.
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I'm taking another run at Hidden From History: Reclaiming the Gay & Lesbian Past, edited by Duberman, Vicinus & Chauncey. Naturally, I'm focusing on the lesbian parts. I don't know how reliable it is as history. It has a lot of feminist commentary, which is sometimes enlightening, and sometimes just nuts.
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Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. 
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This thread.
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Ferdydurke by Witold Goembrowicz
I can't seem to finish it. It's funny, but a bit like babysitting an inventive hyperactive kid intent on telling you odd and nonsensical stories for hours. I need lots of breaks from it, and at the same time, I can't wait until I'm done with it.
I can't seem to finish it. It's funny, but a bit like babysitting an inventive hyperactive kid intent on telling you odd and nonsensical stories for hours. I need lots of breaks from it, and at the same time, I can't wait until I'm done with it.
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Lolita (again)
I got half-way through it a few months ago, but then mislaid it. It's a wonderful story, disturbing and little erotic (which is also disturbing).
I got half-way through it a few months ago, but then mislaid it. It's a wonderful story, disturbing and little erotic (which is also disturbing).
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Finish it? I'm not altogether sure I could pronounce it!Dasein wrote:Ferdydurke by Witold Goembrowicz
I can't seem to finish it. It's funny, but a bit like babysitting an inventive hyperactive kid intent on telling you odd and nonsensical stories for hours. I need lots of breaks from it, and at the same time, I can't wait until I'm done with it.
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You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
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Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
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Beautifully written too. I love Nabokov's poetic style.Pappa wrote:Lolita (again)
I got half-way through it a few months ago, but then mislaid it. It's a wonderful story, disturbing and little erotic (which is also disturbing).
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
Twoflower
Bella squats momentarily then waddles on still peeing, like a horse
Millefleur
Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
Twoflower
Bella squats momentarily then waddles on still peeing, like a horse
Millefleur
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Offbeat: Collaborating with Kerouac, by David Amram. It's all about how Kerouac was the god of writing.
Can't read Kerouac myself. Bunch of nonsense.
Can't read Kerouac myself. Bunch of nonsense.
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But no one cared and no one dared to speak to her of love.
Her eyes are always hooded. Her claws are sharp as steel.
We teach her not to see too much. We teach her not to feel."
But no one cared and no one dared to speak to her of love.
Her eyes are always hooded. Her claws are sharp as steel.
We teach her not to see too much. We teach her not to feel."
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