Comments on: America’s Best Thinker, trashed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/11/30/americas-best-thinker-trashed/ A posting every day; an interesting idea every three months... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:44:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Daniel Plainview http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/11/30/americas-best-thinker-trashed/comment-page-1/#comment-94754 Daniel Plainview Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:17:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/?p=1142#comment-94754 Wonderful stuff. People starting to recognize an emperor with no clothes . I'd rather read H. Murakami than Gladwell for insight into the human condition. Murakami gets rig hto the point of why people feel so empty. . I couldn't even finish Tipping Point 'cause it was just so dumb. Wonderful stuff. People starting to recognize an emperor with no clothes . I’d rather read H. Murakami than Gladwell for insight into the human condition. Murakami gets rig hto the point of why people feel so empty. . I couldn’t even finish Tipping Point ’cause it was just so dumb.

]]> By: Someone http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/11/30/americas-best-thinker-trashed/comment-page-1/#comment-94706 Someone Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:47:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/?p=1142#comment-94706 When I was done reading Blink!, I felt unsatisfied. I enjoyed the examples for what they themselves were, and not because they helped the author's idea. My fiancee felt that way as well. I wanted to know what was so great about that book. Now I know :) When I was done reading Blink!, I felt unsatisfied. I enjoyed the examples for what they themselves were, and not because they helped the author’s idea.

My fiancee felt that way as well. I wanted to know what was so great about that book. Now I know :)

]]> By: Will Schenk http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/11/30/americas-best-thinker-trashed/comment-page-1/#comment-94524 Will Schenk Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:49:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/?p=1142#comment-94524 He got trashed by the New York Times also, at least by Kakutani. So it's not like people here are really into the anecdotal science that much either, except for perhaps cocktail party patter. He got trashed by the New York Times also, at least by Kakutani. So it’s not like people here are really into the anecdotal science that much either, except for perhaps cocktail party patter.

]]> By: Andrew Prihodko http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/11/30/americas-best-thinker-trashed/comment-page-1/#comment-94503 Andrew Prihodko Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:00:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/?p=1142#comment-94503 I must say that I wholeheartedly agree with the author of the article. When I read them, both The Tipping Point and Blink felt like they should have been 10 pages long. I must say that I wholeheartedly agree with the author of the article. When I read them, both The Tipping Point and Blink felt like they should have been 10 pages long.

]]> By: longhornece http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/11/30/americas-best-thinker-trashed/comment-page-1/#comment-94501 longhornece Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:52:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/?p=1142#comment-94501 I always thought he was the champ of incoherent, half-baked theses. Finally, someone agrees! I always thought he was the champ of incoherent, half-baked theses.
Finally, someone agrees!

]]> By: Dave http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/11/30/americas-best-thinker-trashed/comment-page-1/#comment-94498 Dave Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:36:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/?p=1142#comment-94498 Malcolm Gladwell...not exactly America's Greatest Thinker; he's 100% Canadian. Malcolm Gladwell…not exactly America’s Greatest Thinker; he’s 100% Canadian.

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