L. Marcus Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Re: The Last Word It's all down to personal experience, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Re: The Last Word Yeah ... Speaking of which, the first homework assignment is due today, so I am besieged by students asking questions. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... A little late for that, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Re: The Last Word I would think so, with one class starting in 30 minutes, and another in 95.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Re: The Last Word I can tell you're looking forward to it. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Re: The Last Word Not done with lab yet, but my feet are very tired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Re: The Last Word Soak them when you get home -- they'll thank you for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Re: The Last Word Self-help books of all kinds tend to be ... less than worthwhile. spoken like a true scientist/scholar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Re: The Last Word I have my biases, I cheerfully admit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Re: The Last Word Mine are triases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Re: The Last Word You have three buttocks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Re: The Last Word Yep. And I'm not pulling my pants down on a live BBC show to prove it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Re: The Last Word They haven't offered you enough yet, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Re: The Last Word I doubt the BBC has that amount of money. Perhaps Channel Four ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Re: The Last Word I have my biases' date=' I cheerfully admit.[/quote'] As far as self help books, I'm more with you in general feeling. I'd imagine you'd like me to have your self help books to have more depth. These are some I thought of: "Gödel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hofstadter "The Ash Wednesday Supper" or "The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast" by Giordano Bruno "The Sceptical Chymist" by Robert Boyle "Opticks: or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light" Isaac Newton "Critique of Pure Reason" by Immanuel Kant "Arcana Coelestia" or "Arcana Caelestia" by Emanuel Swedenborg I had fun compiling the list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Re: The Last Word iPhone is aiding Abilene [Christian University] in giving students the information they need — when they want it, wherever they want it, said Bill Rankin, a professor of medieval studies who helped plan the initiative. ... “About five years ago my students stopped taking notes,” Rankin said. “I asked, ‘Why are you not taking notes?’ And they said, ‘Why would we take notes on that?…. I can go to Wikipedia or go to Google, and I can get all the information I need.” Wikipedia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... I believe the phrase is "Oy vey!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Re: The Last Word As far as self help books, I'm more with you in general feeling. I'd imagine you'd like me to have your self help books to have more depth. These are some I thought of: "Gödel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hofstadter "The Ash Wednesday Supper" or "The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast" by Giordano Bruno "The Sceptical Chymist" by Robert Boyle "Opticks: or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light" Isaac Newton "Critique of Pure Reason" by Immanuel Kant "Arcana Coelestia" or "Arcana Caelestia" by Emanuel Swedenborg I had fun compiling the list I wouldn't call any of those self-help books. Books to read, certainly, but not part of the self-help genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Re: The Last Word I wouldn't call any of those self-help books. Books to read' date=' certainly, but not part of the self-help genre.[/quote'] Did I say they those books were part of the self help genre? Nope, I described them as self help books, meaning that you can improve yourself (self development) by reading them. Self-help books are books written with the stated intention to instruct any readers on a number of personal problems. Self-improvement is a term that is a modernized version of self-help, and bookstores use both terms to classify these types of books in the store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Re: The Last Word Did I say they those books were part of the self help genre? Nope' date=' I described them as self help books, meaning that you can improve yourself (self development) by reading them.[/quote'] You had this just before your list. As far as self help books' date=' I'm more with you in general feeling. I'd imagine you'd like me to have your self help books to have more depth. These are some I thought of:[/quote'] That sort of stuff doesn't fly well on the internet. You're arguing from twisted perspective in this case. The topic was self help books You listed non-help books Cancer says those aren't self help books You argue that you're weren't listing self help books. Not much of a point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Re: The Last Word You had this just before your list. That sort of stuff doesn't fly well on the internet. You're arguing from twisted perspective in this case. The topic was self help books You listed non-help books Cancer says those aren't self help books You argue that you're weren't listing self help books. Not much of a point. you have that wrong. The posts are below, emphasis added on word "genre". I wouldn't call any of those self-help books. Books to read' date=' certainly, but not part of the [b']self-help genre[/b]. Did I say they those books were part of the self help genre? Nope' date=' I described them as self help books, meaning that you can improve yourself (self development) by reading them.[/quote'] Second bit of emphasis: I wouldn't call any of those self-help books. Books to read' date=' certainly,[/b'] but not part of the self-help genre. Which is what I was going for, suggested books that Cancer might read to improve/develop himself (post #16365). So what then would you call books that are not part of the self help genre (typically books light on depth ie fluff) but still are books (with more depth) you can read to improve and develop yourself and your capacity for furthering your learning? What are these books called? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Re: The Last Word Just books. Self-help books are a (thankfully small) subset of books, a specific genre. Booksellers, I think, are responsible for the term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Re: The Last Word you have that wrong. The posts are below' date=' emphasis added on word "genre".[/quote'] This is the type of Internet arguments I hate. If you're going off on a tangent, but don't make it clear, expect to be called on it. Don't nitpick that we couldn't follow your changing the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Re: The Last Word First week of labs is over. Well, there's 2 hours of lecture tomorrow, but no more labs until next Wednesday. Man, I'm tired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Re: The Last Word Sorry for the excessively snarky tone Bazza, I got a bunch of stuff elsewhere that sent me over the edge for the afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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