Book review: Tu mourras moins bête
La science c’est pas du cinéma by Marion Montaigne My rating: 5 of 5 stars Apprendre plein de trucs en étant plié de rire pratiquement du début à la fin, qui dit mieux? Juste génial! Et si vous ne pouvez …
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Book review: Blindess by José Saramago
Blindness by José Saramago My rating: 5 of 5 stars Besides its unique plot and enthralling story, Blindness is an inspired dystopian metaphor about civilisation, full of philosophical considerations and damn well written! Mind blowing. Definitely on my “Must be …
Book review: Denialism by Michael Specter
Denialism by Michael Specter My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very good book, glad I read it, but not all parts of its content are equal. To begin with, the book is divided into several chapters, each of which could …
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks My rating: 4 of 5 stars A cocktail of neuroscience, surprise and humanism. My first Sacks. Certainly not the last one. Despite the many …
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Book review: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Beautifully written. The narrative somehow allows the reader to connect with the character, though it is quite obvious that beneath the genius lied a psychopath. Could he have done …
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens My rating: 5 of 5 stars Not having been brought up in an English-speaking environment, I’m catching up with the Classics. This is a masterpiece of storytelling! The more I know Dickens the more I …
Book: The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths by Michael Shermer
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths by Michael Shermer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Excellent introduction to human believing mechanisms. Michael Shermer covers pretty much …
Book: Alan Alda – Never Have Your Dog Stuffed And Other Things I’ve Learned
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I’ve Learned by Alan Alda My rating: 3 of 5 stars Pleasant. Definitely not the book I would take on a desert island, but I can’t say I didn’t like it. Alan …
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Gross Domestic Product: we are treating the planet as a business in liquidation
Hey blog, I did say I would try and post something at least once in a week… Well that’s not it, is it? I’ve just finished listening to the Daniel N Robinson’s brilliant lectures on “The Great Ideas of Philosophy” …
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I'm an epistemocrat
I’m currently reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb‘s Black Swan. I know I will have to read it at least 3 times before I get the whole idea and even then, I’m not quite sure I will get it straight. It’s the …