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The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: owned-pbook, currently-reading, theology

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Nov 10, 2025 03:57PM

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Son of the Black Sword (Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, #1)

by Larry Correia

bookshelves: fantasy, owned-pbook, might-and-magic, currently-reading

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Oct 14, 2025 02:48PM

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The Devils (The Devils, #1)

by Joe Abercrombie

bookshelves: fantasy, owned-ebook, currently-reading

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“What about confusing clutter? Information overload? Doesn't data have to be "boiled down" and "simplified"? These common questions miss the point, for the quantity of detail is an issue completely separate from the difficulty of reading. Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.”
― Edward R. Tufte, Envisioning Information

tags: design

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“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

tags: cats, humor, women

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“We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then produces mathematics, which can then encode in a succinct and inspiring way the very underlying laws of physics that gave rise to it.”
― Roger Penrose, The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

tags: consciousness, mathematics, physics, science

60 likes

“Design cannot rescue failed content.”
― Edward R. Tufte

tags: design

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