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An inspirational account of how Elon made a dent in the universe. The main takeaway is the effect of hard work.

Weight is set rather like a thermostat. Introduced the DEXA scan for measuring body fat. Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry.

lucid writing style - helped by the mixture if font styles - is the author using psychological techniques to make the book text more 'sticky'. The author uses analogies which are easy to identify with. Brain function described with sections on short and long term memory formation.

The technical ability of the author is in no doubt; beautifully scripted sentences that are fully evocative, however the nihilism and the misogyny of the characters is hard to deal with.

Lucid read, the author relates that Trump is not a good boss as he belittles high achievers; there can only be one star in Trumps orbit.

Helping people who don't want to be helped us a black hole of futility. Do not pity yourself not others. Others do not require pity. Judge yourself by who you were yesterday.

Look after yourself. Know that you have a capacity for great evil. Live your life such that it bends towards heaven rather than hell. Do not be resentful.

When changing your attitude towards risk and failure, one might need to gain new friends and mentors. You always have choices in which to frame events. The outcome is unimportant, failure is good.

Harris discusses the split brain experiments conducted by Roger Sperry. When the corpus callosum is severed two distinct areas of consciousness can be evidenced. The rational left hemisphere which is in charge of fiction and enunciation of language differs from the right hemisphere. There is conflict between the conscious and unconscious.

Straightforward advice on how to minimise distractions. Fear is an allusion and one should face them.

Definition of the term spirit, meaning breadth. Elucidation of enduring a silent retreat, not talking, reading, viewing or listening to anything but the inner monologue.

Lobster analysis. Lobsters produce both octapanine and serotonin. More serotonin makes lobsters confident and thus they display dominance characteristics.

Lengthy introduction from Doidge. Peterson collects Soviet art.

Very fluid and easy writing style. Original thinkers create a lot of ideas and are not best placed to judge the quality of their ideas. Very intriguing forward from Sheryl Sandberg.

Exposition of the influence of Aristotelian thought in Christianity and it's impact on natural science. The concept of the world being composed of fire, air, earth, water and the quintessence - the eather.

The scene with Dianie appears superfluous, the addition of yet another supernatural element does not add to the narrative. Unsure weather the device regarding the contest for Lyra made sense. Reminds me of Odysseus and his encounter with the sea siren.

Fascinating detail which summarises the axioms Descartes formalised. That of scepticism; that one cannot trust empirical data as humans suffer from hallucination, one cannot differentiate between a dream and reality, and one can doubt everything apart from ones doubt in their own existence.

Malcolm dodges Bonneville and finds sanctuary with Mr Boatwright. The narrative carries a sinister undercurrent.

Discussion of Francis Bacon, the author makes a good case that Bacon was the first modern scientist, relying on empirical evidence rather than superstition. A treatise also on Vanini who was burnt and executed for his atheism in France. The author is in his element, the book no longer reads as a turgid summary of the wars of the middle ages.

Malcolm,s encounter with Bonneville at Murdstone's house is gripping. Coleman's novel hints at the evil adults do to children. This novel is clearly addressing child exploitation.

More in-depth arguments involving theories by Carole Beckenridge.

The authors visual the position of electrons akin to clocks. A electron could be positioned anywhere in the universe thus there will be an infinite number of clocks. Particles position themselves to minimise there action which is a function of mx^2/t.

Consideration of the blockchain, the authors state that a good strategy would be to treat it as a beta investment. Name checked Clayton Christiansen's the innovator's dilemma. Again the book's focus is on the dissemination of possible business strategies.The major take away this far is the importance of data, regardless of how trivial.

Leak focus is on the recognition of protein coding sections of the genome. A novel mechanism of identification being FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization). Very interesting passage in the genome of Archaea, several of which are extremophiles. Archaea are generic closer to eukaryotic cells than prokaryotic ones.

The reason for the anger and opprobrium levelled at Patrick Holford now becomes clear as Goldacre discusses Matthias Rath. The consequences of Rath's action could have led to the preventable deaths of thousands.

Carey introduces the concept of endogenous retroviruses (ERV) and how sections of junk DNA repeat. Carey begins each concept by referring to an easy to understand analogy (Trading Places movie starting Eddie Murphy!). HOX gene region of the chromosome has a distinct lack of these gene repeat sections, HOX is crucial in dictating cellular chronology of developing organs.