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AI, Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Computer Science, Non-Fiction, Science  0 Comments

November 18, 2022November 13, 2021

You Look Like A Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place – Janelle Shane

As far as I can tell, Janelle Shane wanted to put a cute and cuddly face on Artificial Intelligence, and this is exactly what the field needs.

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Epic, Fiction, Poetry, Surrealism  0 Comments

November 11, 2022October 12, 2021

Gunslinger – Edward Dorn

People always talk about the great American Novel. But what about the Great American Epic Poem?

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Cognitive Science, Non-Fiction, Science  0 Comments

November 4, 2022November 1, 2022

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone – Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach

Intelligence is communal. I asked around, and apparently this makes sense.

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Fiction, Novel, Reviews that are really about something else, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

October 28, 2022October 12, 2021

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe – Charles Yu

What even is sci-fi?

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Atheism, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

October 21, 2022February 4, 2022

For Small Creatures Such as We – Sasha Sagan

Without it being a comment on the book itself, I have no idea why I read this.

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Classics, Fiction, Novel  0 Comments

October 14, 2022September 25, 2021

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 – James Fenimore Cooper

Said to be the first great American novel, one find themselves asking why.

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Non-Fiction, Self-Help  0 Comments

October 7, 2022October 20, 2021

The Crossroads of Should and Must – Elle Luna

Self Help book are always a let down, but this one is particularly empty.

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Classics, Fiction, Novel  2 Comments

September 30, 2022August 27, 2021

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain

There are some things I don’t want to discuss with my students. Here’s one.

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Cognitive Science, Math, Non-Fiction, Philosophy  0 Comments

September 23, 2022October 15, 2021

Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics Into Being – George Lakoff & Rafael E. Núñez

Some books you just have to return to in order to fully grasp them. This one will need a ”round 3” from me.

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Fiction, Novel, Schlock, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

September 16, 2022August 29, 2021

The Infinite and the Divine – Robert Rath

This Warhammer book handles a a common sci-fi trope really poorly. But who cares?

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