/lit/ - Literature

>>10207658
S C I E N T I F I C M E T H O D

If you're looking for meaning in life, you won't find it.
If you're looking for wisdom, you won't find it.

What you'll find is a collection party tricks you can display at social outlets. Study history, or something.

>>2712366
I'm only half-trolling though, take what I said semi-seriously.

I read nonfic to understand the world better -- it's not going well; the more I read the less I understand.

>>2384909
>If you get smacked down an anon can humbly walk away and become someone else, hopefully someone wiser.
This is absolutely true. It is so much more easier to see through and drop your own bullshit when you have nothing invested in saving ego. I know for I'v been there plenty of times.

Orwell: Politics and the English Language
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm

Takes you 10 minutes to read because, like you, Orwell has no time for idle bullshit.