/lit/ - Literature

I'm reading Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer right now.

Fiction sucks.

>>15831489
Based. Have you read "Hitler's Revolution" by Tedor?

read circus fire by stewart o'nan

>>15831565
Anecdotes are gay, anon.

70% non-fiction

>>15831520
Not yet. Is it worth reading?

>caring if a book you read is fiction or non-fiction
>thinking that non-fiction exists and books aren't ultimately biased, limited perceptions of one man no more real than a novel about hobbits
Never gonna make it out of the pseud pond

>>15831892
Silly postomdern epistemologist doesn't understand the idea of a spectrum and thinks pic related are all equally biased, subjective, and untrue

There is no such thing as fiction

>>15832956
cope

>>15831474
Elements of Information Theory 2nd Edition (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing) 2nd Edition
by Thomas M. Cover (Author), Joy A. Thomas (Author)

>>15832973
Fact and fiction... two sides of the same coin. The same side, rather
But go ahead, hold onto your sill conventions. You are like a man who feels clever for watching pirate movies instead of ones about cowboys

>>15831474
I've been reading non fiction exclusively all year. I don't know why, but I just can't get into fiction right now. Reading The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin

>>15831474
Reading Gulag Archipelago.

Most of modern analytic philosophy. If you hate it you probably haven't tried it or don't understand it.

I downloaded a book called The Campaigns of Napoleon that I'm going to read at some point since I felt like learning some more about the Napoleonic Wars. Right now I'm reading a set of books about the history of philosophy. Going to read a book about Celtic folklore next.

>Mr. Irving, the CEO of Based is calling for you.

>>15832844
I don't understand why this is such a hard concept for most people to understand.
So many people say stuff like "science is constantly changing, what was right 10 years ago might not be correct tomorrow". That really doesn't mean much.
Einstein showed that Newton was wrong but gravity didn't disappear, Einstein just had a better approximation and either theory is good enough for almost any situation.

>>15832990
>Fact and fiction... two sides of the same coin. The same side, rather
Retarded boomer esque platitude

>>15833327
People fear the truth.

The Franklin Cover-up was pretty good
exposes how the FBI helped a bunch of rich, satanic pedophiles get away, but what else is new, with the whole Epstein/Maxwell thing going on

>>15832984
>math
>nonfiction

>>15833211
W A SH
Y O U R
P E N I S
B U C K O

>>15833360
>retard
>nonfiction

>>15833333
quints speaks the truth

>>15833428
>fuckshin
>non-fuckshin

>>15833333
Holy benis, it’s the get of the fucking century.

should i read his book

>>15833489
No matter who you are, and no matter your beliefs, you will not benefit from reading that retard.
It's better and more enlightened to be a tankie or Nazi screaming with your fingers in your ears than listening to Pinker.

>>15833530
what does politics have to do with this

>>15833489
only if you want to get dumber

>>15833551
His message is inherently political and so are all his books intended for the public.

>>15833555
>>15833530
Specifically, what's wrong with his stuff?

>>15833489
He’s a neoliberal shill. Bell Curve level manipulator

>>15831474
carlos castaneda

>>15833571
>>15833573
This in part...
He is a fanatic in his support for the current status quo which has treated him so well.
He claims to be for science and truth yet he constantly manipulates statistics, facts, and ignore unpleasant truths.

Sam Harris has on the surface the same characteristics as Pinker, both are flawed people in search of truth. Harris however, has changed his view many times and admitted when he's wrong. Pinker however would never dare challenge the system who has brought him such fortunes. He is a coward and a liar.

If the media consensus on matter A is B, Pinker will defend B to the death, no matter the evidence to the contrary.

>>15831892
that's a really good point i haven't thought about. but I think fiction has too much of the author's perception in it. Their values, their opinion, their weaknesses, and their voice. Every nonfiction book I read i also assume has the author's weaknesses. like what are the odds that I read Chernow's book on Hamilton and Jefferson ends up displayed like a sniveling worm, or I read John Quincy Adam's biography and Andrew Jackson sounds like a hillbilly, or Jefferson Davie's biography and Joseph E Johnston and Bouregard look like cowards? that's a good point. there is something intangible about the fact that something really did happen rather than someone just made it up.

>>15833693
i'm assuming based on this that you wouldn't recommend i read the language instinct if i'm casually interested in language. any alternative recommendations?

>>15833489
Not only is he an Epstein pedophile, he is extremely dumb.

>>15833573
This is exactly right.

>>15831474
Is she reading a fucking calendar?