If you recommended one person to read only one book...what would it be?

I would recommend someone reading this book.





I revised that book so hard during A-levels, and it gave me good marks. It is a bible that everyone should have.


So few people take interest in psychology and devote more time to other subjects.. thats a shame.

 

There are a few things mankind is destined to never understand, and the human mind is one of them. The brain yes, but not the mind!

 

Books like 'Physical the impossible' and 'Future Brain' by Michio Kaku say otherwise.

 

I don't know his writing enough to be able to comment. Until someone convinces me that their level of intelligence is higher than mine, I don't pay any heed to what they say.

 

He is a quite intelligent physicist. You will appreciate his intelligence unless you dont know what intelligence is.

 

Oh I know how to judge if someone is intelligent or not, have no fear of that!

 

Me too. OTOH, there are intelligent people and mentally ill people. Intelligence and mental illness are not mutually exclusive. Conspiracy theorists are among those who are often both intelligent but also often exhibiting mental issues.

 

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts

 

I can also judge how gullible someone is too; is there no limit to my perspicacity, I ask myself!

 

You're the only one asking. But I guess it's good to be a legend in your own room.

 

BTW, Kaku coauthored one of the foundational papers on String Theory.

 

"Not everyone posting on the internet is crazy. But everyone who's crazy is posting on the internet!"

"Do not follow the common herd - be of an independent mind."

I like mine better!

 

Would not many people be biased toward their favorite book? I seldom read science textbooks. I've read many novels.

My all time favorite book: Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. I've never found a more beautifully written book. And this is an English translation from Japanese!