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popplebop
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About popplebop
There are different kinds of reading. The fundamental distinction is between browsing (daydreaming) and searching (thinking).
Note that daydreaming isn't necessarily bad. It helps you to form connections between disparate topics, which makes subsequent thinking about them more powerful.
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>Nagel concluded that democracies rarely or never elect the best leaders. Their advantage over dictatorships or other forms of government is merely that they "effectively prevent l…
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>It seems to me something is seriously wrong. I have [...] 15 credit hours toward a doctorate This statement is suggestive of where the problem lies. A doctoral thesis is supposed …