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DistortedEyes
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how much knowledge can you gain from reading books?
#5403317 - 03/15/06 12:54 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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is it worthwhile to just sit with a bunch of books and read?
people say reading books is good but it seems like it could be boring.
Also i need to brush up on allot of chemistry and biology for going back to school.
It seems that if you read a few chapters in a book every day you will get through quite a few books in a fairly short time?
What are your thoughts on reading?
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5403324 - 03/15/06 12:55 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I don't like juggling multiple books at once, but I love sitting down with a good book and getting lost in it. Fiction, nonfiction, doesn't matter.
It's too bad more people don't read these days. It's an old tradition, the tradition of books, and it should live on.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5403359 - 03/15/06 01:01 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yeah i agree you should read for the shear pleasure of reading. Nothing can compare to a good book.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5403364 - 03/15/06 01:01 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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personally i haven't had alot of luck reading non-fiction and getting "lost" in it. it doesn't seem to work like that. non-fiction books are like an interesting chore.
a couple days ago i downloaded about 25 audio books for when i'm out on the road. i will be bored alot and will want to read, but i hate reading with alot of background noise, so the audio books should come in handy.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: lowdominion]
#5403372 - 03/15/06 01:03 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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lowdominion said: yeah i agree you should read for the shear pleasure of reading. Nothing can compare to a good book.
I really do derive pleasure from a good book...it's exciting for me, not boring at all, to sit with a book.
As for audiobooks...eh...to me literature is about texture. Putting your feet up feeling paper in between your fingers.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5403389 - 03/15/06 01:07 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Listening to audiobooks is like cheating.
Reading and driving can't be that hard.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5403390 - 03/15/06 01:07 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I read mostly non-fiction, but I have to say that reading in general is like a workout for the mind. It keeps you sharp.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5403448 - 03/15/06 01:18 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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i prefer real books too, but i find it hard to get into a book if theres music and multiple conversations going on around me. also, books are heavy and take up alot of space and i don't want to carry them around, if i don't have to.
so far i've found that not all the audio books are created equal. for instance, i downloaded a bunch of hp lovecraft books that are awesome, with a kick ass narrator that builds up the suspense with his inflection, and different voice actors for the different characters. Then on the other hand i downloaded starship troopers which is some nerdy sounding dork whose monotone voice only changes when his voice cracks. It's hard to get into lines like "come on you maggots, do you want to live forever!?" when it sounds like the most boring guy ever in the history of NPR.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5403454 - 03/15/06 01:19 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
how much knowledge can you gain from reading books?
Lots.
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DistortedEyes
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: MOTH]
#5403522 - 03/15/06 01:36 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I guess i should start hitting the books then, i'd love to learn about all different sorts of subjects.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5403758 - 03/15/06 02:26 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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reading is good....im not much for fiction. Im more of a philosophy guy
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: Vulture]
#5403761 - 03/15/06 02:26 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Gimme Fiction
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5403766 - 03/15/06 02:27 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I've learned more from reading books by myself than I have from attending college. I read ALOT, though.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: Redstorm]
#5403808 - 03/15/06 02:36 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I couldn't sleep at night if I didn't pick up a book that day. Though I prefer fiction, I've been realizing lately that I don't know jack shit about the world around me; so in an effort to stave off an over-activeness in dreams, I started reading nonfiction.
It's not all that bad.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5403828 - 03/15/06 02:40 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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books are fun, but if you arent interested in them then i dont know how you would be able to finish one...
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: eligal]
#5403922 - 03/15/06 02:57 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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reading is the KEY to self education, and if you don't educate yourself you are being manipulated. you will only be taught what they think is important to know. school in general teaches you only what you need to know to be a happy little drone that can follow orders, and preform tasks. almost everything i have learned,has been self taught.school is some bullshit.between books and the internet anyone can learn anything they want.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5404370 - 03/15/06 04:23 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I love reading and the flexability of direction that self study allows, I've learned fuckloads just through self initiative.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: Noetical]
#5404396 - 03/15/06 04:29 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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My favorite thing to do at uni is ditch classes and get lost in the library. Currently reading the tao te ching.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: rickpsfuckyou]
#5404409 - 03/15/06 04:33 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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rickpsfuckyou said: reading is the KEY to self education, and if you don't educate yourself you are being manipulated. you will only be taught what they think is important to know.
By reading books aren't you being taught to believe what the writer thinks is important?
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#5404444 - 03/15/06 04:40 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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As opposed to writing your own book about something you know nothing about? You can't teach yourself everything. Be it books or lecturing, someone is going to impart their opinions onto you. You just have to know what to filter.
What separates books from school is the institution. And avoiding being sucked into the system is key.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#5404457 - 03/15/06 04:43 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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True, but you can choose what books to read by which author. 
So if you enjoy their message or opinions, you can choose to keep reading them.
I have no idea what I'm talking about...
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
#5404462 - 03/15/06 04:44 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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As for books, I've gained a lot of knowledge from them. It all depends on what you're interested in and finding the right books...
I spend a lot of time in libraries, bookstores and especially used bookstores, you can find amazing deals at used bookstores. I'm lucky and live near 5 or 6 of them within blocks.
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5404464 - 03/15/06 04:45 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: I really do derive pleasure from a good book...it's exciting for me, not boring at all, to sit with a book.
I wish more people were like that. I love reading for the simple sake of reading. I even re-read books that I've already read. I have read some of my favorite novels 7-8 times each (like The Lord of the Rings).
And then there's always that one person who has to walk up to me while I'm reading something and:
stranger: "What are you reading that for? School?" me: "No, just for fun." stranger: "You....read....for fun?" (utterly confused expression)
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: trendal]
#5404468 - 03/15/06 04:46 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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"Looks like we got ourselves a reader."
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: DistortedEyes]
#5404802 - 03/15/06 05:49 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm an english major and I love books. For me, a book is the most efficient way of acquiring knowledge about any given subject. If you read a biography about Paul McCartney, say, you're going to know a whole lot about Paul McCartney. There's something about absorbing information in novel form that really lends itself to long term memory formation.
I always carry around a novel in my backpack, so I can keep myself occupied waiting in long lines, on the bus, etc.
If you want to get yourself stoked on chem and bio, read PIHKAL!
link: Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved
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Re: how much knowledge can you gain from reading books? [Re: Noviseer]
#5404913 - 03/15/06 06:11 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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books are gay
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