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Originally Posted by darryl
I agree with you about the more annoying than interesting. But who decides that the book or the author is very important? A few self-appointed arbiters of such things, which are themselves highly subjective. Personally I only take account of such things in the decision whether to read, and then only rarely.
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(Emphasis mine): Oh, I think we both might have our doubts about the arbiters of such things. After all I _was_ being sarcastic.
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But I must respectfully disagree with the rest of your post with the exception of your rating. Personally I think we should be trying to think deep thoughts for the whole of our lives, or at least as long as we are able to. And our personal answers to deep questions should be, if not constantly at least periodically, challenged and reviewed throughout our lifetime. Certainly some of my "answers" now have evolved or sometimes even changed dramatically since I was in my 20's.
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But do I need to think deep thoughts about things I have already made rational decisions about? Hardly. And by my age, I would certainly hope I understood the implications of both cloning and organ donations.