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Posted June 10, 2016
*tips helmet* Good evenoon, people that I like :-)
Posted June 10, 2016
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JunglePredator: I could use suggestions on some *really good* non-fiction books.
Stuff that has some science behind them.. no diet or cook books. But it can be soft sciences as well as hard. Preferably non-math as my math honestly sucks (though I'm willing to try statistics books).
Examples are: "Death By Blackhole", "Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People" or "Quiet: The Power of Introverts".
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superstande: The Science of Discworld series? ... Features the Discworld series fiction writer Terry Pratchett, with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen... Have read the first two books - enjoyable and educational in my opinion... But there is some fiction in them. But not too hard to comprehend non-fiction.

"Ian Nicholas Stewart FRS (born 24 September 1945) is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, England, and a widely known popular-science and science-fiction writer."

"Jack Cohen, FIBiol (born 19 September 1933 in Norwich[1]) is a British reproductive biologist also known for his popular science books and involvement with science fiction."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Science_of_Discworld
Looks like it might be worth a read,
I actually found the first 4 or 5 Discworlds quite funny but gave up after that because I found they weren't varied enough. However the science of fiction can be quite fun. I.e. what if (which I've read) or the science of star trek.
:-)
Thank you. Anyone else?
Posted June 10, 2016
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JunglePredator: I could use suggestions on some *really good* non-fiction books.
Stuff that has some science behind them.. no diet or cook books. But it can be soft sciences as well as hard. Preferably non-math as my math honestly sucks (though I'm willing to try statistics books).
Examples are: "Death By Blackhole", "Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People" or "Quiet: The Power of Introverts".
I'd recommend "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain" or really anything else by Oliver Sacks.
Posted June 10, 2016
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JunglePredator: I could use suggestions on some *really good* non-fiction books.
Stuff that has some science behind them.. no diet or cook books. But it can be soft sciences as well as hard. Preferably non-math as my math honestly sucks (though I'm willing to try statistics books).
Examples are: "Death By Blackhole", "Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People" or "Quiet: The Power of Introverts".
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akhliber: I'd recommend "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain" or really anything else by Oliver Sacks.
Righto... there is at least one besides that one that sounds interesting: seeing voices. Reminds me about a Canadian Broadcast Corporation broadcast about ghosts where a guy in a lab was "seeing" a ghost & turned out that the fan for his lab was causing his eye to vibrate & making something physically appear.
Posted June 10, 2016
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JunglePredator: I could use suggestions on some *really good* non-fiction books.
Stuff that has some science behind them.. no diet or cook books. But it can be soft sciences as well as hard. Preferably non-math as my math honestly sucks (though I'm willing to try statistics books).
Examples are: "Death By Blackhole", "Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People" or "Quiet: The Power of Introverts".
One of the most fascinating books I've ever read.
https://www.amazon.com/Lives-Cell-Notes-Biology-Watcher/dp/0140047433
Posted June 10, 2016
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JunglePredator: I could use suggestions on some *really good* non-fiction books.
Stuff that has some science behind them.. no diet or cook books. But it can be soft sciences as well as hard. Preferably non-math as my math honestly sucks (though I'm willing to try statistics books).
Examples are: "Death By Blackhole", "Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People" or "Quiet: The Power of Introverts".
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EndreWhiteMane: One of the most fascinating books I've ever read.
https://www.amazon.com/Lives-Cell-Notes-Biology-Watcher/dp/0140047433
I wonder how many watch lists I'll be on if I sign these out from the library all at once....
However that one I'll also recommend to my brother... he took 3 years of biology in university until the government removed the student loans he could apply for leaving him without $ for the last year.
Posted June 10, 2016
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AgentBirdnest: *tips helmet* Good evenoon, people that I like :-)
*tips receding hairline* Good evenin'!

Sarge is passed out in the recliner. He's got no more dance party left in him. haha

I hope you're enjoying your day!
Posted June 10, 2016
So I'm having supper and watching TV, (which is about the only time I watch TV nowadays, but I diggress) and there's this journalistic report type of programme about Trump and how he managed to get himself elected as the republican candidate. And as they are analyzing Trump's ascendancy, I am overcome by an eerie feeling of deja-vu. As the reasons for Trump's success are listed, I feel a strange feeling of familiarity and realize that I have heard every single one of them before.

In a history lesson, about 1930's Germany and the rise to power of a certain political party.

History repeats itself, but in this case, it's not a phrase, not a trope, not a popular saying, it's factual thing.

And I feel a little of what Farnsworth felt in that episode when he decided to leave Earth altogether.
Posted June 10, 2016
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j0ekerr: So I'm having supper and watching TV, (which is about the only time I watch TV nowadays, but I diggress) and there's this journalistic report type of programme about Trump and how he managed to get himself elected as the republican candidate. And as they are analyzing Trump's ascendancy, I am overcome by an eerie feeling of deja-vu. As the reasons for Trump's success are listed, I feel a strange feeling of familiarity and realize that I have heard every single one of them before.

In a history lesson, about 1930's Germany and the rise to power of a certain political party.

History repeats itself, but in this case, it's not a phrase, not a trope, not a popular saying, it's factual thing.

And I feel a little of what Farnsworth felt in that episode when he decided to leave Earth altogether.
Saying the Social Nationalist party isn't a bad word you know. Canada has one & honestly I'd trust them more then I'd trust the Green party.
Posted June 10, 2016
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akhliber: *tips receding hairline* Good evenin'!

Sarge is passed out in the recliner. He's got no more dance party left in him. haha

I hope you're enjoying your day!
*right back at ya* ^^

I hope the same for you, and for Sarge. The lady too, of course :-)
Posted June 10, 2016
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JunglePredator: Saying the Social Nationalist party isn't a bad word you know. Canada has one & honestly I'd trust them more then I'd trust the Green party.
It's not the same. they're in a different order.
Also, words in plural.
And we have an example of <i>almost</i> this.
Posted June 10, 2016
Sigh.

N/m.
Posted June 10, 2016
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j0ekerr: So I'm having supper and watching TV, (which is about the only time I watch TV nowadays, but I diggress) and there's this journalistic report type of programme about Trump and how he managed to get himself elected as the republican candidate. And as they are analyzing Trump's ascendancy, I am overcome by an eerie feeling of deja-vu. As the reasons for Trump's success are listed, I feel a strange feeling of familiarity and realize that I have heard every single one of them before.

In a history lesson, about 1930's Germany and the rise to power of a certain political party.

History repeats itself, but in this case, it's not a phrase, not a trope, not a popular saying, it's factual thing.

And I feel a little of what Farnsworth felt in that episode when he decided to leave Earth altogether.
I won't discuss politics in here but yeah, it's a bit disturbing.
Posted June 10, 2016
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JunglePredator: I could use suggestions on some *really good* non-fiction books.
Stuff that has some science behind them.. no diet or cook books. But it can be soft sciences as well as hard. Preferably non-math as my math honestly sucks (though I'm willing to try statistics books).
Examples are: "Death By Blackhole", "Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People" or "Quiet: The Power of Introverts".
Ones I can highly recommend:

Decoding the Heavens
The Ghosts Of Evolution
Lost Languages
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Posted June 11, 2016
I think you are all very mean to Mr Trump. Where else but America could a mentally challenged person run for leadership of a country? It is the land of opportunity, after all, it is not like it could happen anywhere else where a complete idiot could be in charge of a nation. Well, maybe at times also in the UK, and Germany, and France, and Spain, and Canada, and Australia, and China, and Russia, and Japan, and... well okay, so it is not such a unique thing, in fact it seems pretty common for idiots to be in charge all over the world. *sigh* Okay, carry on picking on Trump. :-)


Good evening, lovely people of Fred! i hope you are all having a lovely Friday and are all set for a nice weekend?
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