GGS was a lousy book

[VetLegion]

you claiming we are all ignorant here?

It is also poorly written.

has some jokes in the text, maybe you missed them

btw stop spreading bad word about the book, how am I going to sell it?

go off and write a positive review on amazon instead

[chrispie]

The more you know, the less you like this book.

Wow, so by your own admission you must be omnipotent!!! I think that is the single most arrogant statement I've ever heard.

Anyway, I don't know much and much and certainly I don't know much about scientific books etc. Though I do believe there has to be sacrifices for this type of book to appeal to the masses.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by GP
Do you surf?

I used to surf at Ocean Beach all the time...

Yes, I surf on occation. My roommate surf's (or rather surfed) far more then I do/did. He has seven surfboards, one for every day of the week, unfortunately since we both got "real jobs" neither of us have been surfing much lately.

[TCO]

I love to longboard...

[Dinner]

In Atlanta?

[aeturneus]

I've always thought that footnotes are essential to popular non-fiction publications because popular publications are supposed to link the masses to the academic field, or should at least try to. How is there a link, if there are no footnotes? It's kind of like writing an article on C++ for a popular audience and publishing it on the web with no hyperlinks to any more information...

[MattyBoy]

chrispie, do you mean omniscient?
I loved this book and was happy to accept it as read. I would not have followed up any links due to lack of time, but still enjoyed the ideas presented.

As for repetitiveness, I agree that it sunk into a repetitive mode towards the end and I finally lost interest.

I would give the book a strong recommendation.

And before you ask, GP - yes, I don't know much.

[chrispie]

No Matty, I did mean omnipotent, though omniscient is probably a better description anyway - knowledge is power, but I guess power isn't knowledge...

[MattyBoy]

Sorry, I understand now.