exile Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Any good stuff to read out there? Currently lumbered with 'Normal People' by Sally Rooney, don’t have high hopes (seems to be about boring people in tedious relationships), but is it any good? May need to buy something more interesting before the shops shut, any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I’ve just picked up Zinedine Zidane’s official biography out of Waterstones which I’m looking forward to sitting down to read over the next few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Donald Trump 2019 annual . https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unofficial-Donald-Trump-Annual-Annuals/dp/1911622072 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 "How to play 5-3-2" by C.H. Ripper. It's a riveting read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Currently reading His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet. Very good read. "The year is 1869. A brutal triple murder in a remote community in the Scottish Highlands leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae. A memoir written by the accused makes it clear that he is guilty, but it falls to the country s finest legal and psychiatric minds to uncover what drove him to commit such merciless acts of violence. Was he mad? Only the persuasive powers of his advocate stand between Macrae and the gallows. Graeme Macrae Burnet tells an irresistible and original story about the provisional nature of truth, even when the facts seem clear. His Bloody Project is a mesmerising literary thriller set in an unforgiving landscape where the exercise of power is arbitrary." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Tiger in the bed by Claude Balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chripper Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Orraloon said: "How to play 5-3-2" by C.H. Ripper. It's a riveting read. Very good. Boy, egg will be on your face if I return in the future and tell you that I've written such a novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Orraloon said: "How to play 5-3-2" by C.H. Ripper. It's a riveting read. "There Is Something About Scotty" By E. Wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Thanks for the suggestions so far... 1 hour ago, EddardStark said: Currently reading His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet. Very good read. "The year is 1869. A brutal triple murder in a remote community in the Scottish Highlands leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae. A memoir written by the accused makes it clear that he is guilty, but it falls to the country s finest legal and psychiatric minds to uncover what drove him to commit such merciless acts of violence. Was he mad? Only the persuasive powers of his advocate stand between Macrae and the gallows. Graeme Macrae Burnet tells an irresistible and original story about the provisional nature of truth, even when the facts seem clear. His Bloody Project is a mesmerising literary thriller set in an unforgiving landscape where the exercise of power is arbitrary." You just reminded me, I bought this last year but never got round to reading it.... Must dig it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Meanwhile, started reading Normal People, awful, had to force myself to read past the first page. Not my cup of tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 4 hours ago, thplinth said: "There Is Something About Scotty" By E. Wind. Is he doing the spunky hair as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Fully expecting my life to improve dramatically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 On 12/23/2018 at 7:39 PM, exile said: Meanwhile, started reading Normal People, awful, had to force myself to read past the first page. Not my cup of tea. Got to the end of it, can't see what the fuss is about. Nothing really happens. Basically about two youngsters in an on-off relationship. You just wait for it to end, on on or off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Read this: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1209.4191.pdf Apparently photons can be entangled not just across space but time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 17 hours ago, phart said: Read this: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1209.4191.pdf Apparently photons can be entangled not just across space but time too. Great, because the original experiment was not enough of a headfuck as it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpyauldgit Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 19 hours ago, phart said: Read this: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1209.4191.pdf Apparently photons can be entangled not just across space but time too. I tried to read the first paragraph, but gave up when my brain imploded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I was hoping someone could explain it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 Thanks for the link 1 hour ago, phart said: I was hoping someone could explain it to me. It looks a bit tricky to follow, to say the least, partly as the text is so dense, but you could try this which looks a bit easier to follow spread out over more pages. http://www.rxiv.org/pdf/1312.0208v5.pdf This one refers to yours but it's not just about photons and entanglement but puts it in a "higher-dimensional spacetime model" and "introduces a consciousness model" ... "integrating elements of physics, psychology, philosophy and metaphysics. Evidence from dreams is shown to correspond to both the physical model and the consciousness model." Keywords include dreams, branes and imaginary dimensions... Maybe some resident TAMB physicists (or psychologists or philosophers) could help interpret? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Roger Penrose has a similar attempt at physics explaining consciousness. Way over my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Trying to make sense of this is like trying to make sense of imaginary numbers. I liked maths at school but the day the teacher taught that I though he had gone mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Physics is trying to unify the macro observations with the micro observations but it just get weirder and weirder as they look deeper and further in 'both' directions. (We were much happier in Newtonian times.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 On 12/23/2018 at 1:26 PM, EddardStark said: Currently reading His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet. Very good read. "The year is 1869. A brutal triple murder in a remote community in the Scottish Highlands leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae. A memoir written by the accused makes it clear that he is guilty, but it falls to the country s finest legal and psychiatric minds to uncover what drove him to commit such merciless acts of violence. Was he mad? Only the persuasive powers of his advocate stand between Macrae and the gallows. Graeme Macrae Burnet tells an irresistible and original story about the provisional nature of truth, even when the facts seem clear. His Bloody Project is a mesmerising literary thriller set in an unforgiving landscape where the exercise of power is arbitrary." I'm giving that a go. Is is a new release? That looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 7 minutes ago, Big Ramy 1314 said: I'm giving that a go. Is is a new release? That looks good. 2015. £8. Ordering it online 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoofitharder Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I got After Dunkirk Churchills sacrifice of the Highland Division as a Christmas present. I have just started reading it. Looks interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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