I finished The Brendan Voyage recently, and now I’m supposed to write a 3 paragraph narration/summary on it. I hope this counts as the first paragraph….. Probably doesn’t. Tim Severin is a cool man. He retraces famous legendary journeys, such as Marco Polo’s trip through Asia, or following Ulysses’ path on the Argo, or tryingContinue reading “The Brendan Voyage”
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The Fallacy Detective: Generalization
The Fallacy Detective continues to be one of my favorite books this year. The fallacy Generalization means, referring to making comments about an entire group of things or people, and saying the same thing is true about all of them. One example from the book is, “No matter what they say, all salesmen don’t careContinue reading “The Fallacy Detective: Generalization”
Life of the Spider: The Epeira Part 1
The Banded Epeira, unlike the tarantula (who I read about before, but you wouldn’t know that cause I didn’t post about it…), doesn’t poison its victims. Instead it just paralyzes it, then sucks it dry. Later in its life, it makes a cocoon for its eggs, spinning a bag sort of thing about a centimeterContinue reading “Life of the Spider: The Epeira Part 1”
The Fallacy Detective: Either-Or
The Fallacy Detective has been my favorite book this term. It’s very simple, and very, very helpful, while putting wit into every chapter. It gives you an insight on a lot of fallacies that people commit, and most of the time you don’t even notice them! Well, not anymore! This one isn’t one of myContinue reading “The Fallacy Detective: Either-Or”