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Anonymous Mon Jul 13 14:37:22 2020 No.15850349 [Reply] [Original]

Just finished this. One of my favourite non-fiction books as of now. Now I need to know... Is it all bullshit?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 14:43:12 2020 No.15850399 Probably bullshit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 14:50:59 2020 No.15850459 brilliant bullshit

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 14:51:55 2020 No.15850465 >>15850459 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 14:53:38 2020 No.15850478 >>15850349 Consider reading this book review. https://web.archive.org/web/20200602082237/https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/01/book-review-origin-of-consciousness-in-the-breakdown-of-the-bicameral-mind/

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 15:20:35 2020 No.15850721 Is there anything like this? Just really interesting bullshit that can still change the way you think?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 15:22:07 2020 No.15850735 Didn't Richard Dawkins say that it's got to be either completely wrong or totally brilliant and correct, with no room in between?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 15:24:23 2020 No.15850754 >>15850721 You just described all literature

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 15:44:48 2020 No.15850958 >>15850399 >>15850459 >>15850465 >>15850721 It remains unclear to me why it is bullshit though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 15:48:50 2020 No.15850989 File: 253 KB, 1200x1632, lesleepypenisman.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15850721 >Just really interesting bullshit that can still change the way you think? do I ever have the guy for you

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 15:51:13 2020 No.15851008 File: 42 KB, 300x401, carl_jung.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15850989 pic unrelated. it changes the way you think cuz it's all TRUE

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 15:52:52 2020 No.15851029 >>15850754 True. >>15850989 >>15851008 Never actually read these so i'll try some.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 16:16:42 2020 No.15851180 >>15850478 this

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 16:18:36 2020 No.15851189 >>15850989 >>15851008 these 2 are pretty good, it isn't bullshit though

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 16:35:01 2020 No.15851296 >>15851189 It's about 90% bullshit and opened the door to the post-modern "everything can be interpreted in infinite ways" bullshit that has been slowly devolving humanity ever since.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 16:37:42 2020 No.15851314 File: 12 KB, 480x640, 1558461706946.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15850735 >Richard Dawkins

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 16:57:09 2020 No.15851470 >>15850349 >non-fiction book Try again.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 17:40:54 2020 No.15851867 >>15851296 Read Borges

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