I found the 99 pages I printed out.

Google God's Debris, by Scott Adams. Read it and offer opinions. Sure some of it is blatantly wrong, but still very thought-provoking.

Level 4, represent.

A link would be nice.

quote:Originally posted by Nephtys-Ra:

Sure some of it is blatantly wrong, but still very thought-provoking.

That's where the "thought experiment" in the title comes from, the things that are wrong are intentionally wrong. I guess you read a copy you found online, some versions are missing the introduction where he explains that part. Here it is though

http://tinyurl.com/8zqzr

The only real criticism I've heard against the book is precisely over the things that are false, people ranting on "bla bla bla, stupid this, wrong that", when in fact they're just illustrating what morons they are themselves for missing the point (which is spelled out clearly in the introduction).

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I have it saved from someone else posting it a few years ago. Good stuff.

quote:Originally posted by imperfectcircle:

That's where the "thought experiment" in the title comes from, the things that are wrong are intentionally wrong. I guess you read a copy you found online, some versions are missing the introduction where he explains that part. Here it is though

http://tinyurl.com/8zqzr

The only real criticism I've heard against the book is precisely over the things that are false, people ranting on "bla bla bla, stupid this, wrong that", when in fact they're just illustrating what morons they are themselves for missing the point (which is spelled out clearly in the introduction).



No, I had a fully transcribed .txt file that I lost. All I have now is a 99 page hard copy from 2 years ago. It's fading, but I still love it.

But the thought experiment part, while believable, sounds too much like an excuse to not know everything.

But I still love it.

I bought it while in Walden one day with a spare twenty in my pocket. It was wedged between Clinton's autobiography and one of many books detailing Bush's cocksucking-ness. I was just about to be super pissed that the social science section only had shitty anti- or pro-war books when I saw it and bought it immediately. I read the book in one day. It was a fucking great read. The thought-experiment (being able to pick out flase proofs of logic in a charismatic leader's speech and allowing your mind to look at thigns from a compeltely different perspective) was both well-done adn entertaining. My original book is now with it's fourth owner and not nearly the last. Great read.