(Part 2) Best products from r/nerdfighters

I recently finished "Name of the wind" and "The Wise Man's Fear" both by Patrick Rothfuss. I don't think I am in any way over hyping these to by saying they are the greatest novel's I've ever read. Fair warning, this is a trilogy and the third book is no where in sight.

On the nonfiction side, I am working my way through "Waking the Dead" by John Eldredge. This has been a really difficult read for me, as I have to stop every few paragraphs to recollect my emotions.

That's such a hard question! I mean, there are just so many really awesome animals to choose from... I'm particularly fond of lionfish, since I got my PhD studying them. But blue-ringed octopus are just so cute (and, you know, deadly). And then there are the wasps that manipulate minds with their venom, which is just so badass. This is probably why I ended up writing a whole book on venomous critters... :)

And it is a bit frustrating! Both the scientist and writer in me get annoyed with a lack of precision. I wrote a whole blog post about it to get out my frustration.

1. Learn how to knit.
   
2. Buy this book.
   
3. Create amazeballz.

Yes, I'm not 100% positive that it'll do well there--but /r/estimation generally follows the How To Measure Anything school of metrics: They won't be deterred by anything so trivial as reputable, extant statistics in wide disagreement.

Also, the detail you went into is kinda /r/estimation-ish, itself.

The American Amazon.com also has used copies of the book for around 22 dollars

It's called "The Witch's Trilogy" with "Witch's Sacrifice" as the first one. http://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/series/B01F216D9I

American Colossus and it is fascinating

I understand that sending and receiving it from a nerdfighter stranger might be part of the experience, but can't you simply order it from the German Amazon?

If you can't find anyone, amazon.de would probably ship to the US (or wherever you are).

https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/0062316095

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Absolutely-Remarkable-Thing-Signed/dp/1524744123/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523006811&sr=8-1&keywords=An+Absolutely+Remarkable+Thing+%28Signed+Edition%29&dpID=51c6oA5oT5L&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

http://www.amazon.com/John-Green-Box-Set/dp/0525426094/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1393714109&sr=8-7&keywords=john+green

Does this mean that existentialists believe in a meaning for life? Or that meaning is irrelevant for life to exist? Or that Humans create meaning in order to live? Or that meaning creates Humans to exist?

Also, is it wrong to think that Humans are an unfortunate byproduct of our genes trying to survive (see Dawkin's book )

1984 actually, but having it banned across the entire continent is a good thing.

This book thoroughly details the issue. There were practically no restrictions at all before the EU regulations. How you think a quota is causing more damage than no regulations is beyond me.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cod-Biography-Fish-Changed-World/dp/0099268701

Here's a list of others:

• The Fault in Our Stairs
  
  
• The Fault Is All Yours
  
  
• THE FAULT IN OUR STARS - A Parody: A Discovered Letter from Augustus to Hazel Grace
  
  
• The Fault In Our Arse
  
  
• The Fault in Our Stars The Parody: A Letter to Augustus Waters

This didn't generate very many comments, but the book Debt this episode is based on is easily one of the most interesting books I've ever read, but it is dense. It's not light reading.

I do want to address John's skepticism with warfare however. I'm by no means an expert, but the anthropological view of war (perhaps unlike the historians view of war) has always looked at "primitive" warfare as ritualized. Whether we want to characterize that as about "honor" is kinda besides the point.

Anthropologists study what they can see, and "tribal" or "primitive" warfare is almost never like the war nation states wage. That's not to say people don't die, but it's much rarer. It's more about feathers, fancy hats, and other ritualized displays, and if someone dies or gets injured, it's the exception rather than the rule. Even concepts like the death penalty were unheard of.

This idea, where you try to kill everyone until hostilities stop really is something only observed in civilization.

David Graeber didn't invent this idea. He's just sticking with anthropological orthodoxy as it's been observed. While John kinda makes it sound like Mr. Graeber came up with this idea. That wouldn't be accurate.