PC Good Reads

[Menace312]

@Menace312, I'm sure that most of the brilliant scientists in the world would promote stimulation of the imagination, something which fiction books do. Creativity can lead to seeing things differently which can lead to scientific discoveries.
On a slightly different note, I wouldn't discount various modes of introduction to a subject. Reading a stodgy mathematics book could turn somebody off to mathematics, but an entertaining fiction book (like Anathem by Neal Stephenson) might reignite that interest. Not everybody comes to things by walking the same path.

Very true.

I know it could sound like I'm totally dismissing prose... I'm not, I just personally enjoy facts more. What I'm campaigning for, is to not dismiss knowledge, just because you think it might be boring. The school science books, that most remember, are just that. Boring.

Creativity is very important in science. Especially for physics! But fiction does not work for everyone (me).

Again, true.

But that's more a failure of modern parenting. A child needs to learn, that anything worthwhile, takes hard work to archive. I know of zero parents, where this is the main focus. Weird, since it's the most basic and important fact in life. After the fact that you die.

I blame reality shows, brainwashing "news" station and again bad paranting...

 

[Menace312]

100% to do with ones ability to understand and process what they are reading correctly. Many people are unable to do so.I must leave this as is now lest I anger people where the gravitational pull is stronger on the edges.

Ok I hear you... Last thing, and I shut up .

I you cant understand somthing, because a subject used to explain, you dont get.

Then go and learn the subject first, and then come back to it...

The only limiting factors are time and your own interests...

"I cant" usually means "I dont wanna".

 

[Jedo]

Again, true.But that's more a failure of modern parenting. A child needs to learn, that anything worthwhile, takes hard work to archive. I know of zero parents, where this is the main focus. Weird, since it's the most basic and important fact in life. After the fact that you die.

I know that I intend to encourage/teach exploration, working to achieve, looking at things from different angles, and Latin. (Honestly, I've thought about doing their school homework for them, then teaching them the things they really need to know.)

I you cant understand somthing, because a subject used to explain, you dont get.Then go and learn the subject first, and then come back to it...

The only limiting factors are time and your own interests...

"I cant" usually means "I dont wanna".

I do have a friend who loves mathematics, but she got to differential equations and it became too much for her to grasp. You probably are correct that her "I can't" really was "I don't want to put in the effort," but I would say that it was more like the difficulty curve had grown exponentially and exceeded her time-to-effort ratio. Some people do have other things to do...

Of course, all of this ties into 7DTD (so that Roland doesn't remove this conversation) because sometimes you have to use creative solutions, explore different options, and work to achieve supremacy regardless of what TFP throws at us. However, since each of us is different, we have different time-to-effort ratios.

 

[RayDay]

I like "The Day of the Triffids" by John Wyndham. It shows that everything can be changed so simply, you know - like in any good apocalyptic book.

Some say that fiction reading is useless - I`m sure, it isn`t. Good fiction works as a mirror for the real world, so you start to remark more details in reality, which otherwise could pass your mind. Also, it is unreal to do only "useful" things all the time. You just choose how you will rest - with a book, game etc.

 

[Roland]

I am fond of reading books, but now I have no free time for reading, because I work and study at college. Studying in college a bit hard for me, because English is not my native language so, I have may errors in my essays. Sometimes others write a paper for me.

Don't worry then. Since others have you covered on the writing I'll take reading and will read a few books for you.