/lit/ - Literature

Could anyone tell me what value lies hidden within the reading of a history book like the Annals by Tacitus? I'm not sure what to expect. Could I learn valuable life lessons? Are history books just a meme?

>>15988617
Based
>>15988594
Because it's unnatural, it goes against natural order and eventually lead to human kind to debauchery and become something like Sodom and Gomorrah
>>15988603
No

So, why exactly shouldn't I buy a kindle right now ?

>>14293887
>what religion do you follow
Temporarily witholding judgement in all areas in which I am not forced to pronounce a judgement.
>and how do you know yours is the truth
I do not. You asked me what I follow, not what I know.

>>14282473
Women are closer to an asexual being than men are. It would be a fair amount easier to modify the functioning of a woman's reproductive organs to facilitate asexual reproduction than it would be for men.

What's interesting is that women are also the default form of the human. The process of a fetus developing into a male is reliant on a specific "switch" being active during gestation. If the hormone that activates this switch is interrupted, the fetus will stop developing male features. This is how most XY intersex people come about.

Essentially, imagine a button. You have to keep this button held down, otherwise it will pop back up to a "default" state. If the button isn't held down, you get a girl.

I'm personally interested in life that has more than 2 sexes. Fungal reproduction is exceptionally interesting.

Audiobooks dont count as reading, its basically a podcast.

>>14158589
>ToilEtS

How do you completely change your writing style?

>dude humans and animals are indistinguishable but bugs and animals are distinct
Why are there so many stupid holes on /lit/ this Monday morning?

>>14084756
I believe that too. I just hide the fact that I'm a Christian when talking about evolution and I hide the fact that I believe in evolution when talking about religion.

We could meme Guénon back from the dead.

>>13777777
okay buddy

So.. uh... how many pages have you read today?

>>13374892
>The problem is that the author, Nobel-Prize-winning physicist Dick Feynman, is annoying. All the anecdotes involve him discovering a hidden talent, using it, delighting others (or himself if that's his real goal) and then being applauded for it (sometimes only by himself). For example, he discovers that he's a great artist, musician, safecracker, and critic. Everything revolves around him showing off and being somewhat of a jerk. There were many times when I thought, yeah buddy, *you* think it's funny but no one else does.

So, uh...you're pretty big on those doorstoppers, huh?