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majoring in philosophy and psychology - hoping to explore various aspects of the mind (i like the overlap b/w philosophy of mind and cognitive science) in grad school psychology.

took an astronomy course a few semesters back and figured it fitting to do a geology course also. This stuff is truly fascinating.

the way i figure it, the broader your learning, the more metaphors you have to understand new stuff and to form new insights.

I had a D- at the mid-term mark in my Gospel of John class at college (I had to take 1 bible class). I made the mistake of answering questions on the midterm with my own interpretations of what the passage was about. All over the test, written in big, bold red letters, it said "SEE YOUR NOTES. WHERE DID YOU HEAR/READ THIS?" I learned that all he wanted was a regurgitation of his own lectures, with zero personal reflection, and realized that this was much easier than thinking so I memorized all his shit in about 20 minutes and aced the final. It was ridiculous. This was the same guy who said that God might have developed AIDS to punish homosexuals. I told him no, that god invented the Louisville Slugger for that. (kidding of course - but not about what he said.)

[xeno]Julios wrote:majoring in philosophy and psychology - hoping to explore various aspects of the mind (i like the overlap b/w philosophy of mind and cognitive science) in grad school psychology.

took an astronomy course a few semesters back and figured it fitting to do a geology course also. This stuff is truly fascinating.

the way i figure it, the broader your learning, the more metaphors you have to understand new stuff and to form new insights.

True, the other day someone quoted Zinn to me ("You can't be neutral on a moving train") and I thought of Relativity, so I told him the train isn't moving, the rest of the world is... I got a blank stare in return.

[xeno]Julios wrote:majoring in philosophy and psychology - hoping to explore various aspects of the mind (i like the overlap b/w philosophy of mind and cognitive science) in grad school psychology.

took an astronomy course a few semesters back and figured it fitting to do a geology course also. This stuff is truly fascinating.

the way i figure it, the broader your learning, the more metaphors you have to understand new stuff and to form new insights.

Yea, that was one of the pluses of doing my undergrad work at a liberal arts college. I think you get a very complete education - I took 3 or 4 philosophy classes (your basic wester civ, one on the history of science and society, and another one that I can't remember the exact name of - but we covered pretty much every major philospher and school of thought since Socrates.)

I told oyu about the CD lecture series I have on Socrates didn't I jules?

tnf wrote:I had a D- at the mid-term mark in my Gospel of John class at college (I had to take 1 bible class). I made the mistake of answering questions on the midterm with my own interpretations of what the passage was about. All over the test, written in big, bold red letters, it said "SEE YOUR NOTES. WHERE DID YOU HEAR/READ THIS?" I learned that all he wanted was a regurgitation of his own lectures, with zero personal reflection, and realized that this was much easier than thinking so I memorized all his shit in about 20 minutes and aced the final. It was ridiculous. This was the same guy who said that God might have developed AIDS to punish homosexuals. I told him no, that god invented the Louisville Slugger for that. (kidding of course - but not about what he said.)

haha.. that's about what the american history class im taking right now is like. The test is 45 MC questions, which they didn't write very well because of the 11 I missed, 9 of them are completely open to the interpretations I've learned in other classes. This will be the first grade I've ever complained about.

I was lucky in my history classes - all my profs were good about that. Obviously, there are some interpretations that are just wrong - but it sucks when profs won't even bother looking closely at your answer if it isn't the canned bullshit they want.

tnf wrote:Yea, that was one of the pluses of doing my undergrad work at a liberal arts college. I think you get a very complete education - I took 3 or 4 philosophy classes (your basic wester civ, one on the history of science and society, and another one that I can't remember the exact name of - but we covered pretty much every major philospher and school of thought since Socrates.)

nice - although this probably only covered western philosophy (and didn't touch much on eastern ideas)

tnf wrote:I told oyu about the CD lecture series I have on Socrates didn't I jules?

I think so - man that was a long time ago! Is it from The Learning Company

I'm waiting for the grade on test 2 before I complain about test 1 in case I need to complain about both. It's ok to complain, but don't make a habit out of it... you need to consolidate your complaints.

[xeno]Julios wrote:
nice - although this probably only covered western philosophy (and didn't touch much on eastern ideas)

Yea, it was primarily western thought....those crazy easterners had their own classes though. heh.

[xeno]Julios wrote:
I think so - man that was a long time ago! Is it from The Learning Company

And its Barnes and Noble Audio - the portable professor series..they have a lot of stuff - not too bad for long car trips.

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[xeno]Julios wrote:majoring in philosophy and psychology - hoping to explore various aspects of the mind (i like the overlap b/w philosophy of mind and cognitive science) in grad school psychology.

took an astronomy course a few semesters back and figured it fitting to do a geology course also. This stuff is truly fascinating.

the way i figure it, the broader your learning, the more metaphors you have to understand new stuff and to form new insights.

True, the other day someone quoted Zinn to me ("You can't be neutral on a moving train") and I thought of Relativity, so I told him the train isn't moving, the rest of the world is... I got a blank stare in return.

You dropped the inertial reference frame bomb on him.

roofles... Nice Blair/Iraq "evidence" allegory in the first couple of pages

potter

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btw: i think it's quite legitimate to warez this book since the artist is allready pretty rich and there's no reason to further support her.

That's quite not legitimate. It's not like she is the only person who profits from the book. And even if she was, its still a bad reason.

yeh... i had the same idea. but then again; ... supporting the distribution for the sake of distribution?

maybe i should rethink this whole warez-are-good idea? maybe so - ; otherwise: it's quite comfortable ... i'll do some thinking and some reading.

Anyone happen to know where a Yank can get ahold of the UK edition of the book without having to send a money order in the form of pounds?

whats the diff between a yank version and a brit version?

The US version is edited to change British terminology to American terminology (at least they were in the first couple books...I assume there are separate editions of this book, too). My girlfriend is a Potter fan who first read them while in Europe, so she prefers the UK version (I must say I do as well), so I'm trying to get a copy for her as a gift.

Just finished it....it was amazing...

The next book is gonna be a nightmare...i just dunno what to think....

haha, your next book will be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. hahaha

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a great book. Yet another masterpiece of British literature.

What's that famous book by that Dutch author? Oh yes. THERE ISN'T ONE :lol:

JK Rowling. Roald Dahl. C.S Lewis. Mary Shelly. Bram Stoker. JRR Tolkein....

Noone Van nobody :lol:

R.L. Stein was short lived

Pauly wrote:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a great book. Yet another masterpiece of British literature.

What's that famous book by that Dutch author? Oh yes. THERE ISN'T ONE :lol:

Roald Dahl is norwegian you cunt. I'm an absolute fan of Dahl, read almost all his books.

but go read another children's book

lol and bram stoker was irish you fucking cunt...

saturn wrote:lol and bram stoker was irish you fucking cunt...

Yep. Part of the UK