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“A complicated fellow, he was said to have a crippling aversion to the song “Sweet Adeline,” which when hummed by his opponents in a way that mimicked a trombone, the historian Fred Lieb tells us, caused him to come apart emotionally, the way Rube Waddell did when you showed him a puppy.”
― Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
― Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
“Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look. That’s the compassionate thing to do. That’s the brave thing to do.”
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
“It’s a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as well as fundamental spaciousness.”
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
“The photo was never published, or even developed, it seems. No one knows why, but I suspect that the camera, rather than staying a camera, ended its life as a hat.”
― Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
― Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
“Science progresses on a path quite different from what the public sees. Regular surveys about the public understanding of science tell us that the non-scientist doesn’t comprehend well the importance of critical concepts like controlled trials, peer review, skeptical criticism, and holding provisional conclusions. People form their ideas about science from the input they get via basic education and popular culture. The scientific news and literature is very different from news and media meant for public consumption and it is not easily accessible to the public. Most of us get our news through sources that assume a non-specialist audience. These emphasize exciting or monetary aspects of the latest findings in science, disregarding or oversimplifying the amount of work necessary to reach the conclusion. This framing of science news, unfortunately, misrepresents the process and skews the public understanding of science.”
― Scientifical Americans: The Culture of Amateur Paranormal Researchers
― Scientifical Americans: The Culture of Amateur Paranormal Researchers
Jeremy’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jeremy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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389 books
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923 books
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750 books
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997 books
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1,429 books
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44 friends
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635 friends
300 books
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