This is a ‘first’ in my blogs – I am starting to write this without knowing where it is going to end up! The trigger was the thought that I enjoy learning – I will ‘devour’ new information – I often follow trails through the world wide web and find myself at places that I didn’t envisage when I started on the journey.
Year: 2013
The Science Delusion
Been trying to decide which Sheldrake book to read next – saw some good videos that led me to this one. Haven’t read much of it so far, but it seems to be more to my taste than the previous book of his that I read.
Having got to the end, this is a marvellous book – it will enter my own personal Hall of Fame – that is for sure. Do I believe everything he writes? I don’t know. Do I understand everything? Almost certainly not. However, the idea that Science should be treated as fallible in, in my view, perfectly reasonable. There is no good reason why there should be special rules to protect Science.
I will, once I have digested the book, post something in the main blog.
Predictably Irrational
A very interesting read – have particularly liked the comparison of behaviour when operating under the social domain as against the market norms. That is something that many employers need to understand. There were lots of useful anecdotes and reports on research that shows that we are all often irrational – and predictably so!
The Long Earth
Very interesting – one of the most fascinating things about the book is that it is difficult to know what it is about – yes, the subject matter is clear and can be read on the back cover, but asides from the fact that the “Long Earth” exists the story remains a mystery – not that any of it is difficult to read – simply even 90% of the way through the book I, for one, have no idea where it is going to end!
Jonah’s Journey
Given that Terence and I once started to write an opera together, the least I could do was read his book.