Stats for nerds
1recommend
2mentions
2people
2008–2014years
50% recommend50% neutral
Mentions per year
What Hacker News says
- - The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper
- Writings on an Ethical Life by Peter Singer
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
- Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
- article mentions 'learned helplessness'. read Singer's 'Writings on an Ethical Life' for some background on this or have a look at a Google search result - http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2768 Basically, random electrical shocks to dogs induce a state of 'learned helplessness' or in everyday speak - complete pyschological collapse during a particularly cruel expt.
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