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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
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What a unique perspective! I enjoyed Ms. Pang's writing very much, and so appreciated the hardship of what she went through to be in a place where she could articulate the things that had never made any sense to her, and how she made them more accessible. I've been close to people who - while perhaps not as severely affected as Camilla - have expressed similar experiences of the world and humanity (my son among them). I was thoroughly impressed by the canny way that she learned to understand human behaviors through her love of science by drawing parallels to behaviors she had observed in organisms. I was particularly intrigued by the way she used her observations to come up with strategies for making her way in the world with other humans. She has a delightful way of expressing herself through her words and drawings.
If you are a person, or know a person who just doesn't get humans - I highly recommend this book.
If you are a person, or know a person who just doesn't get humans - I highly recommend this book.
It was lovely to see the word ‘Aspie’ again and I found a lot of Pang’s experiences reassuringly relatable. But this was ultimately a self-help book with some science bits shoehorned in to make, it felt at times, the author appear to be Very Special and everybody else Very Not.
I do think Pang has some good advice for people struggling with people but this book wasn’t the way to go about it.
I do think Pang has some good advice for people struggling with people but this book wasn’t the way to go about it.
I think I got the wrong idea
This is not a book about explaining or understanding human societies but how the author coped with understanding peop!e and society vi a app!ting pro cip!we of physics. It's self help not science. Not what I was looking for at all.
This is not a book about explaining or understanding human societies but how the author coped with understanding peop!e and society vi a app!ting pro cip!we of physics. It's self help not science. Not what I was looking for at all.
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Explaining humans es un libro de autoayuda mezclado con un libro de ciencias. Con el título y la sinopsis, esperaba encontrarme un análisis del comportamiento humano, y en su lugar tenemos diferentes facetas comparadas con complejos conceptos científicos que no aportan ninguna claridad al tema y cuya utilización como metáfora está muy a menudo cogido con pinzas. Además, más que un análisis de lo que es, Pang tiende a centrarse en como debería ser y como podemos mejorar nuestras relaciones humanas a través de esas comparaciones científicas. Su forma de escribir tampoco me ha encantado y a menudo se me hacia farragosa o aburrida. La única excepción a esto es cuando Pang explica anécdotas o qué significa para ella vivir siendo neurodivergente, pero lejos de su intención, no creo que sus experiencias ni sus métodos de lidiar con ellas sean extrapolables ni si quiera a otras personas con autismo.
Despite the title, this book has essentially nothing to do with science. At best it's a set of loose metaphors. Some examples - waves can constructively or destructively interfere, which is like how people can jive or clash with each other; the different wavelengths present in white light are like how you can have different overlapping emotions in a situation; the fact that different proteins work together shows that people should embrace their differences; etc.
I would say don't waste your time with this book.
I would say don't waste your time with this book.
I’m not actually finished yet but this book wasn’t what I expected and was a bit of a disappointment...I respect the author and can imagine this would feel very special and personal to her, but for me it’s been really difficult to read: I find myself rolling my eyes at some of the metaphors and clichés and I just don’t think it’s a particularly well written book...maybe it’s just not my thing but I had expected to learn something and be really hooked...I will finish it (!) but it’s taken me months to make it this far...sorry!