Re:The Art of Reading More Effectively and Efficiently
by tines on Friday February 26, 2021 @12:01PM
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> You can learn everything about the entire universe from the head of a pin
This is just not true haha.
Re:The Art of Reading More Effectively and Efficiently
by dawg- on Friday February 26, 2021 @12:11PM
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Understandable to disagree, you're not gonna learn to drive a car or do calculus or speak another language from the head of a pin. Nevertheless, I think there's a valuable philosophical perspective in it.
Re:The Art of Reading More Effectively and Efficiently
by jodrellblank on Friday February 26, 2021 @02:11PM
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It isn't true that a reader lives a thousand lives, either, they live one life, and it includes reading, but you weren't nitpicking over that distinction.
On the other hand, you don't need a thousand other lives to live one good one. As Thoreau wrote, "It takes more than one day to extract the wealth of a day." And as a Buddhist saying goes, "You can learn everything about the entire universe from the head of a pin".