Review: !
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2012
If you took a man with the highest IQ of the modern day and transported him back to the 10th century and then fed him only the knowledge of the time and asked him "This patient is dying, knowing the knowledge we have should we engage in bloodletting to rid his body of the toxins ailing him"He'd probably say yes. And that my friends is the poverty of rational thought. This book is really insightful and immensely deep. The concepts and examples are...mind blowing. But at the same time; even though the author presents the most bullet proof and insightful solid logic for things like "embracing pain" and "accepting that there will be suffering" it is still mired by the poverty of rationality. I found this book to be slightly dangerous for me, engaging in almost sadistic practices to experience what the author was trying to describe.The book is great for a completely different outlook on life and why things happen. Its an interesting read and sure to make you think; at the same time I would think about and always keep in the back of your mind the pitfalls of solid bullet proof logic. One of our greatest failings as Human Beings is the non-acceptance of the fact there are things we simply cannot possibly know.