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nnnaaattteeee's review against another edition
4.0
Simply and humorously explanations of how beneficial understanding logic can be despite how inherently illogical the world is. This book explores the limits of logic what to do if logic isn’t possible
phildjc1's review against another edition
5.0
Thought provoking introduction to how we can use mathematical logic on some interesting debates of our time and how, often, we are asking the wrong questions / arguing about different things. Using logic you can get to the root of issues and have more congruent, productive encounters with people you may superficially disagree with.
I thought it was written with real heart and humanity.
I thought it was written with real heart and humanity.
scott_froggers's review against another edition
3.0
This book took a careful scalpel to how logic works in creating someone's beliefs from their fundamental core axioms. It explored the perfect recipe for persuasion, and the false dichotomy between logic and emotions. This book seems to point out the obvious, but just from a new perspective. I enjoyed this book, although some chapters left me a little unsatisfied, and some chapters left me thinking that I had learnt loads of new useful information. Overall it's a good book, not too long and opens your mind a little to what is going on at the deepest levels of Logic.
ashleylm's review against another edition
2.0
I don't think I'm the target market for this book (which is "ironic" because prior to reading it I was certain that I was the ideal customer for it).
It's okay, but I was expecting to learn something, and it's very, very basic--at least to me. I didn't think I was a logic expert, but you learn something new every day. It's like reading a cookbook that starts out by explaining how you can mix various ingredients together in different ways, and sometimes heat them, and it will make all this interesting food, and kind of does that for 100 pages or so, to begin with. That's how I felt reading this book. There were no new concepts for me, so halfway through the book I stopped.
There's one very good joke in the first half ... I actually laughed out loud when I read it. Sadly, no one I know (so far) has gotten it, they just stare at me like I'm a crazy person, forcing me to explain the joke (which kills it. Humor never survives explanation). So I appreciate that, at least.
Too simple, no new information, apparently written for 4th graders. Sadly, not for me (and I loved her book on Infinity and found some of it, gasp, beyond my ken, so this is a surprising turn of events.)
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).
It's okay, but I was expecting to learn something, and it's very, very basic--at least to me. I didn't think I was a logic expert, but you learn something new every day. It's like reading a cookbook that starts out by explaining how you can mix various ingredients together in different ways, and sometimes heat them, and it will make all this interesting food, and kind of does that for 100 pages or so, to begin with. That's how I felt reading this book. There were no new concepts for me, so halfway through the book I stopped.
There's one very good joke in the first half ... I actually laughed out loud when I read it. Sadly, no one I know (so far) has gotten it, they just stare at me like I'm a crazy person, forcing me to explain the joke (which kills it. Humor never survives explanation). So I appreciate that, at least.
Too simple, no new information, apparently written for 4th graders. Sadly, not for me (and I loved her book on Infinity and found some of it, gasp, beyond my ken, so this is a surprising turn of events.)
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).
colinsilly's review against another edition
Couldn’t finish became to repetitive/boring
quigonchuy's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting read. Learned some things, reviewed others. Engaging read.
soylee22's review against another edition
2.0
Unfortunately what might have been a good book (and is certainly a good premise) is undone by the author’s strong axiomatic take on modern societal issues which is peppered throughout the book. These examples are quite distracting and highly charged, but, where you might expect a book about logic to be wielded equally against all views, the author comes down hard on her side. Frustrating because I hoped this book would be a precursor to “better debate” but it’s more likely to inflame those who don’t share her view, or preaching to the converted for those that share her views. It felt in the end that all the logic she presented was pointless as it is applied post hoc to the axiomatic lens in which you view the world.