Scott Adams's God's Debris

Construct · Post by **Construct** » 2005-05-25 02:47am

Anyone read this book? I thought it was pretty much a piece of junk and was about as intellectually stimulating as a cheese sandwich. However he claims his story has some kind of logical flaw and I haven't given it much thought but has any of you who have read it thought about what it might be?

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-05-25 03:06am

Dunno. I've come to regard Scott Adams as a bit of a fringe member of the woo-woo crowd.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-05-25 06:21am

Should read "The Dilbert Future". Most of the book is just witty observations with the usual wry sarcastic humour.

Then his last chapter is the biggest load of oddness I've ever read.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2005-05-25 06:38am

What does it say?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-05-25 06:53am

I couldn't get my head around it, something about affirmations. And how if you don't know about the contents of a box, it can change the contents. Some really intense shit.

I haven't touched that chapter since I read it a few years ago.

Zed Snardbody · Post by **Zed Snardbody** » 2005-05-25 11:37am

I don't touch Adam's stuff outside of his office hummor.

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-05-25 01:14pm

Gandalf wrote:I couldn't get my head around it, something about affirmations. And how if you don't know about the contents of a box, it can change the contents. Some really intense shit.

I haven't touched that chapter since I read it a few years ago.

Yeah. He believes that human thought can change your immediate surroundings. Affirmations is basically writing down something that you want many times and supposedly it will become reality because your thoughts affect your environment.

There was also some crazy shit involving gravity and how everything from the tiniest subatomic particle is growing in size.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2005-05-25 02:34pm

He wasn't saying that everything in the universe was doubling in size constantly, he was just using that to illustrate a point on how something like that could create the illusion of gravity.

wolveraptor · Post by **wolveraptor** » 2005-05-25 02:57pm

If everything was doubling in size constantly, how could you tell there was any difference, besides the effects of gravity?

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2005-05-25 03:10pm

wolveraptor wrote:If everything was doubling in size constantly, how could you tell there was any difference, besides the effects of gravity?

You wouldn't. That's his point.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-05-25 03:11pm

Darth Raptor wrote: You wouldn't. That's his point.

Which is rather nonsensical. But I love his Dilbert stuff and the Principle and Future books are good, bar that last chapter as stated.

That NOS Guy · Post by **That NOS Guy** » 2005-05-25 03:19pm

Well, after spending so much time in an office it's only natural that people go insane.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2005-05-28 12:48am

After reading The Dilbert Future, I gotta say the guy is pretty damn witty, and that last chapter was arguably my favorite part of the book.

Whether or not it accurately describes reality is to be debated, but it's still a good read.

Construct · Post by **Construct** » 2005-06-26 11:40am

I just found the God's Debris book full of logical leaps. The whole premise was flawed. It wanted to come off as intellectual but it was just annoyingly simple. Maybe I've studied too much philosophy to be able to relax and just enjoy it...