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Summary: Perfect book
Review: This is definitely the book I would recommend to anyone who is interested in independent thinking. I realize the book was not designed to enlighten, nor force you to look differently at the world. It may not even be an entertaining story about a delivery man who discovers a wise old man. On the contrary, the wise old man probably discovered him, and that's how he got the package in the first place. Or, maybe it's like the old man says and the package delivered the man. That's what I love about this book -- everything can be questioned, including the questions themselves.Short, smart, and does nothing but make you think while entertaining you with a good story. I like it.
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Summary: This book makes you think
Review: This book is the best book I have read in a while. Its not for everyone. I think you have to be curious about life and open to differant veiws of creation. To explain this book, is imposible, its the friend you don't understand, you see whats in front of you, he see's whats inside. The book is a way to test your mind to see whats inside not what you see. Read this book not to understand sceince, or GOD, but to find you, the awnser is within you
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Summary: Still asking WHY after sept 11?
Review: This is a fantastic book to read if you are still unsettled with the tragic events of September 11.
After reading this book, by surprising philosophical Scott Adams..(who you may also know as the creator of Dilbert (?)..I walked away almost a new person. This is a great gift!!!
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Summary: Socrates, then there was Scott Adams
Review: This book is a fictional story, consisting almost entirely of dialogue between 2 charictors, yet it is one of the most interesting books I have ever read. Anyone with an open mind will revel in the wisdom contained between it's pages. This is one book you will finish in one sitting.(The first time that is)
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Summary: Less than expected
Review: I found this thought experiment to be interesting, however at least in my case there weren't many *new* ideas that I'd never considered before. It was more a case of "Yes, it has been awhile since I considered that possibility. Not a bad book, but don't expect your brain to "spin around in your skull" if you've spent much time considering reality and religion in the past.
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Summary: Genius Philosophy Book
Review: This book is absolute genius, written by a pure Avatar (chapter 27), and written for anyone with a bit of humility in them. This book is a philosophy book and should be in every theologian's and philosopher's library. Each chapter focuses on some aspect of life and attempts to expose some part of the mind which tries to create and maintain its own illusions. This book is not written for the arrogant or fundamentalist scientist or religious person. It is, however, written for the life, physical, and theological scientist.
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Summary: Flawed "fact"... sully a book with potential
Review: This book is wrapped in a story, but that is inconsequential. Essentially it is a series of short philosophical ideas put forward by an old man who knows everything, discussed with a young man who is learning to question his perceptions. Adams asks us to suspend our disbelief and base our subsequent thoughts on the premise that everything the old man says is true. But how is this possible when many of the things he says are so fundamentally wrong? Take these pearls of wisdom for instance: "No matter what object you insert between two magnets, their attraction to each other remains the same." This is simply not true. "Religious people are happier, they live longer, have fewer accidents, and stay out of trouble compared to non-religious people." Just exactly where is Adams getting these farcical figures? Perhaps sloppiest of all is Adams' dreadful interpretation of the theory of evolution, expounding the fallacy that evolution requires entire organs, and even new species that cannot interbreed, to appear in a single generation. Or could it be when the old man states that he "recognizes science as a belief system" - clearly his understanding of what science is is in need of some improvement. I was just very relieved when it turned out the old man's understanding of relativity was broadly correct, or I may have stopped caring at all about the next platitude he uttered. Adams claims that his own views cannot be gleaned from the book -- but why else would the old man be saying these things, if he is supposed to know everything? It is generally assumed by people reading a book that the author will have made the effort to research factual material. People who don't know these things are wrong will likely assume them correct. How can a thought experiment succeed if it starts with false premises? In addition, there are plenty of examples of flawed logic in the book, although Adams may claim it is part of the experiment to locate them. Despite this, there are several interesting ideas in the book, as long as you know where the pitfalls are. The old man comes to some profound conclusions about the nature of God through the method of redefinition, in other words he redefines "God" at the start to fit the conclusions. It's difficult to know how to rate this book: on how much I enjoyed it, or whether I think people should read it? The book does make you think, and the average person does not think about or question their beliefs and presumptions anywhere near enough, so in that sense I recommend it. Another bonus is that Adams is a popular author, so many people who would not normally contemplate philosophical issues will be introduced to its advantages. But will the conclusions the reader comes to be based on invalid statements of "fact"? That I cannot guarantee against.
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Summary: Not New Thoughts
Review: A good thought provolking book, but the concepts are not new. Many of the questions presented are the same philosophical arguments that have gone on in western philosophy for hundreds of years. Very little new information is presented. Some dis-information is presented and that is something one would not expect in a thought provoking work. The final argument, that the universe is no more than God's Debris reassembling themselves and this accounts for gravity et al doesn't strike me as being a sound basis for anything. The explanations as to how this accounts for many of the physical attributes of our world is strained to say the least. The delievery man asking the questions does not ask the type of questions one would expect from a reasonably well informed person. Rather, the questions are the type one would expect from someone without a solid foundation in science and the answers to such questions can easily be misleading because the person doing the questioning is ignorant of basic scientific facts. In fact, the answers are misleading and ignore a lot of scientific findings in physics, chemistry, astronomy et al. So, while some of the throught processes are fun to follow, the book does not achieve the purpose of adding to a geniune philosophical debate over the nature of the universe or the nature of man or God et al. It is a book filled with questions that are more a matter of unstated assumptions and the distorted use of words than the advance of knowledge.
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Summary: Thrilling Mind Experiment
Review: This books should be read by everyone with more than a peanut for a brain. A sound mind experiment that made me think--once again--about how ambiguous and non-factual the "real world" is. Good for the religious and "non-religious." One of the best books I have EVER read!
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Summary: Adam's does it all
Review: Scott Adams is a very talented writer who has a way with words, if you've read the introductions to his Dilbert books you know this. God's Debris is an excellant book, that really makes you think in new and different ways. It is especially good if you can get a few people to read it and then discuss it together. Although he does have a few scientific mistakes about magnetism, everyone(even my eccentric Physics teacher) should enjoy this book
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