Joel Uckelman on 27 Aug 2001 22:57:53 -0000


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hosers-talk: scary


The "Quick Picks" recommendations I got when I visited Amazon just now make 
me think they already know WAY to much about me and my habits for my own 
good:

Modal Logic by Brian F. Chellas
The Evidential Argument from Evil by Daniel Howard-Snyde
How Blind Is the Watchmaker? by Neil Broom, William A. Dembski

Also scary is how much I'm going to be spending on books Real Soon Now(tm):

For two--count 'em, two (2)--seminars, my book bill will be very near $500 
assuming I buy everything, including the recommended books (how 
"recommended" are they, I wonder?), but economize by getting them from a 
combination of the UW bookstore, Amazon, and B&N, and by using the copy of 
Wittgenstein's _Investigations_ I already have. I'm not used to getting 
socked this hard for books, even for five or six classes. (BTW, how much 
are you shelling out, Josh?)
Even worse is its similarity to the Spanish Inquisition, viz. that I didn't 
expect it. Mmmm... ramen.

-- 
J.