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26 sats \ 12 replies \ @Fabs 23 Feb \ parent \ on: Why you must be logical and scientific to be a good person science

Coincidentally, I just finished one of Dawkins' books called "The Selfish Gene", I really enjoyed it.

0 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Feb

The Selfish Gene is incredible. I definitely consider it an S-tier work in popular science.

73 sats \ 7 replies \ @Fabs 24 Feb

Any relatable books you can shill to me?

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Feb

The World of Mathematics

Trust me, it's awesome.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 24 Feb

I'll check it out.

24 sats \ 4 replies \ @Fabs 24 Feb

Ai... Math...

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Feb

It's about math, so is the Selfish Gene, btw. Most of that book is verbalizing game theory and systems of ordinary differential equations.

26 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs 24 Feb

The key point is that he does so without difficult equations and heaps of numbers. 😁

I'd like to dabble into game theory as well at some point, though. The part about Prisoner's Dilemma was quite interesting.

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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 24 Feb

Dawkin is a great writer. He really helped me to get evolution to click in my mind. Before that, I just had that vague notion of survival of the fittest. It's good to understand how well developed the theory of evolution is.

Dawkin is an awful atheist zealot. I am an atheist myself, but his crusade against believers is pathetic IMHO. In doing so, he becomes what he's preaching against: a dogmatic person without room for discussion. I say this even when I factually agree with all his ideas, if that makes sense.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs 24 Feb

I get what you mean, he's also very "confident" in pointing out other's mistakes and the solution to it... 😄

Have you read "The extended Phenotype"? I'm thinking about getting that one on a later day, but have read that its kinda technical; any input?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 24 Feb

Don't remember if i did. It was a while ago. I think i only read books aimed at the general audience on this topic.