September 14th 2008 07:47 am
God’s Debris
I have yet to read anything by Scott Adams that I didn’t love. God’s Debris is his first non-Dilbert book, and it’s a doozy. Is it fiction? Is it non-fiction? The jacket blurb is almost as good as the book, so I want to share that with you.
Adams describes God’s Debris as a thought experiment wrapped in a story. It’s designed to make your brain spin around inside your skull.
Imagine that you meet a very old man who — you eventually realize — knows literally everything. Imagine that he explains for you the great mysteries of life: quantum physics, evolution, God, gravity, light, psychic phenomenon, and probability — in a way so simple, so novel, and so compelling that it all fits together and makes perfect sense. What does it feel like to suddenly understand everything?
You may not find the final answer to the Big question inside, but God’s Debris might provide the most compelling vision of reality you will ever read. The thought experiment is this: try to figure out what’s wrong with the old man’s explanation of reality. Share the book with your smart friends. Then discuss it later while enjoying a beverage.
I’m going to pass this book along to some of my smart friends (and then eventually release it through Bookcrossing). I’ve got a tasty beverage ready and waiting.
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2 Responses to “God’s Debris”
*lynne* on 15 Sep 2008 at 2:20 am #
… this reminds me I have a soft copy (e-book) of this somewhere, Scott Adams had made it available at one time, so I downloaded then forgot all about it. Thanks for the reminder – I should hunt it down and read! After my current to-reads, that is, LoL!
*lynne*’s last blog post: … let’s change the mood up a little, shall we?
Kelly on 17 Sep 2008 at 5:34 am #
I’ve got the ebook, too… and realized it’s a whole lot easier to read a “real” book.
You should go dig it out, though… definitely worth the read!