Really? I felt like Dan GIlbert’s book was a bad attempt at writing a Dave Barry book, with some good and entertaining science thrown in. I enjoyed the book, but every paragraph seemed to have a joke shoe-horned in.
However, when I consulted the text to find an example, I couldn’t readily find one. Which is amusing, as part of the book deals with how inaccurate impressions can form lasting memories.
Still, I think lukeprog should aspire to a level higher than Gilbert.
Hmm.. Yes you might be right that lukeprog could do better. He’s already clearer, though less engaging for a popular audience. But I don’t think necessarily that learning the tricks that are so obvious in Gilbert precludes him from doing better. As my guitar teacher used to say: “you have to learn the theory, drive the theory into your head, and then forget it when the time comes to really play”. Also, it might be perfect for the rest of us mere mortals.
Really? I felt like Dan GIlbert’s book was a bad attempt at writing a Dave Barry book, with some good and entertaining science thrown in. I enjoyed the book, but every paragraph seemed to have a joke shoe-horned in.
However, when I consulted the text to find an example, I couldn’t readily find one. Which is amusing, as part of the book deals with how inaccurate impressions can form lasting memories.
Still, I think lukeprog should aspire to a level higher than Gilbert.
Hmm.. Yes you might be right that lukeprog could do better. He’s already clearer, though less engaging for a popular audience. But I don’t think necessarily that learning the tricks that are so obvious in Gilbert precludes him from doing better. As my guitar teacher used to say: “you have to learn the theory, drive the theory into your head, and then forget it when the time comes to really play”. Also, it might be perfect for the rest of us mere mortals.