Prove me wrong

>>9526977
this made me dumber

We is 2015 pasta now

>>9526985
>>9526990
Can't prove me wrong

>>9526977
what if you like to read?

>>9527045
Read the Wikipedia article, dumbass!

people should just skip reading books the first time and only read t the second time

>>9527113
Ur a fucking idiot

Back in university a lecturer of mine would stress that after reading a book, or a book chapter, or an academic article it was a worthwhile endeavour to write a short summary, picking out the key themes, etc. A page or so was always enough. He stressed that it was a good revision exercise, so that when the time came for an exam you didn't have to go back and read said articles again, merely look at the summaries - of course I did both because I enjoy giving myself extra work, I guess.

At the time I thought it was pointless busy work which took time away from getting "smashed," but it's something I still do to this day. Not with everything of course, but something particularly academic, I like to write a short something whether it be for the whole book, or chapter by chapter.

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>>9526990
Was it that long ago? ;___;

>>9527368

Get used to it, it will keep happening. Wait until you realise 1997 was 30 years ago

two things:
1. i get your point, but when it comes to philosophy, a kind of nonfiction, there are most of the times nonconsensus(es) about the meaning of the texts, and with some of them, different understandings can generate really different interpretations, because the kind of knowledge that previous philosophers have dealt with. so even if there is wide consensus about the contents of a book (and there fiction is obviously as involved as nonfiction of all kinds), firsthand reading of any kind of text will always contribute more to the understanding of such texts than encyclopedic summaries of any topic will ever be able to. period.
2. since most of the texts we deal with, fiction and nonfiction, are the kind of books that do require multiple readings to fully grasp, trusting the contributions of first-time firsthand readers on the understanding of such readings is quite dubious. this aplies also for all kinds of fiction and nonfiction.