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Poundstone writes in a conversational manner that transforms potentially dull topics into a lively and relevant discourse on how we know what we know. Poundstone's more complex and curious frailties in our assembling knowledge and applying logic are n... Read More
Sainsbury's _paradoxes_ is a book about paradoxes. Rucker discusses the impossibility of reconciling all of one's beliefs.
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Or you may prefer to start with his metamagical themas part of which deals with the prisoners dilemma
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Labyrinths is on a shelf at the side of my bed right now
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- This product had a total of 40 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 6 2023.
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A lot of william poundstone books are like that
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Labyrinths of reasons reads a bit like a malcolm gladwell book with more ideas and less cohesion
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Let me just say two things about it
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First go through the table of contents
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Labyrinths is on a shelf at the side of my bed right now
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For instance if you have never heard of the voynich manuscript npcompleteness newcomb’s paradox searle’s chinese room putnam’s twin earth supertasks basic paradoxes e
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For each of those examples that you heard of before this book will be much less so
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One of the reviewers said that the book is not a quick read which is downright absurd
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