Nobody reads these things, right?
595929
May God have mercy on my soul for admitting this on a public forum, but Olivia Newton-John is one of my guilty pleasures. My mancard smokes in my wallet when I own up to the occasional listening to this kind of syrupy-sweet bubble-gum pop, but I do love this woman! (I can, however, make no reasonable excuse for my love of Air Supply.)  This has all of Olivia's hits that you're ashamed as a man to admit you love. I even find myself cranking the songs from Grease. My children have threatened bodily harm and/or family disownment if I play this in the car on a roadtrip one more time, but I will still likely risk it.  After all this time, I still don't think anyone matches the quality of Olivia's sweet voice. Her harmonies are perfect and this cd takes me back to simpler times when my wife and teenagers weren't around to make fun of me.  Now I must go juggle chainsaws, build a cabin with a hatchet, listen to death metal and ramp a motorcycle over several parked cars to restore the proper balance of manliness to my system and wash the stench of shame from my typing fingers. This really is a great cd though. :)
1554315
I am sure the contents are great as all readers seem to think. However, this style ends up boring me and while reading I have more than once thought "come on, mate, get to the point and make it clear while you're at it!". I have not finished the book yet, but will let it go and give preference to other authors for the time being. To be fair, this does not reflect on the quality of the work - just on a style that simply does not agree with me.
3454733
The subtitle leads one to think that the authors will explain why it matters that we discover our cosmic selves, but fail miserably to deliver that information. Just another 'scientific' attempt to explain physics while eliminating God, using such phrases as (p 186): Human beings might be a bright idea the universe had, or (p224): Cosmic mind is an organizer with a viewpoint; Consciousness is the driver which selects states; and :If the cosmos has a mind, it must be alive. In addition, they never attach any meaning or purpose to human consciousness, nor explain afterlife and  consciousness after death. Their presentation is smartly clever, but is empty.....it doesn't apparently matter at all that we live on Earth.
2857316
I read the reviews and neither reviewer has read the book....are you judging a book by it's cover and a website? At least I will read the book before reviewing it....it's only the right thing to do.
4729272
Aside from high-school reading lists, there is no rational reason whatsoever to read this self-indulgent piece of "existentialist", um, stuff. Requiring people under the age of 18 to read this nonsense should be treated as child abuse, and prosecuted accordingly.

That having been said, adults who want to bore themselves needlessly should consider this a top pick.

My suggestion is that interested parties should read Dostoevsky instead.
3636086
The book was published today. So I suspect they are simply reguritating whatever talking head's comments that best matches their own particular political viewpoints. Therefore, in my opinion they are worthless as bookreviews. I have not as yet read the book, so this is not a book review, but a comment on today's toxic political division.
1220191
I can't actually, rate it. It was purchased for a friend, as a Christmas present.  Therefore; I havn't, and won't, read it.
1611424
Because these are awful. I bought two for my kids for Christmas and you can't understand a single thing they are saying.
4182642
Me read book,Me have humor. Me read, me no talk normal now. People no read book think me no education..
3009050
Beautiful product, but the text doesn't connect. It is quite possible that the author is a brilliant scientist with some really profound insights on the way the mind works. But his readers are not edified by this work. The attempt at New Journalism falls flat. Malcolm Gladwell and other science writers wrap their theories in stories that are actually interesting. The stories in this book are not at all interesting. And they're not told well either. I still don't have any graspable ideas to take away from this book.
2239169
Not very interesting.  I would not recommend this to anyone who is a serious reader.  Seems pretty lame.
4349257
Whats the point of reading a book telling you what to read and think? Hint: None

Reading this book is arduous.
4920545
Oh Lord! This is so poorly written, what a mess. Just a random bunch of words thrown onto paper. Hopefully no one paid to publish this rubbish. Was this suppose to be a joke?
2113346
I read my friend's copy.  I hoped for some personal responsibility for a lack of a message. Gut none of that.  A lot of unbelievable "truisms". Why was this even published
238646
I gave this book away as a gift and did not read it. Ergo, I can't comment on it.
3873882
This is entitled _50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know_. It should be entitled _50 Quasi-interesting Factoids_. Nothing in here is mind blowing, or revolutionary, or scary: a Pope wrote an erotic book? Wow, now that's something to pull your hair out over--I think everyone wishes clergy would only write books and keep their hands to themselves. Jurors can question the law. Most people may not have known this, but knowing this makes no difference unless you broadcast it on TV; also, do we really want people who have a hard time sifting through the information presented to them regarding guilt or innocence also trying to figure out the validity of the law(s) involved? Eh, knowing this makes no difference. Electric cars have been around for a long time, umm, yep. Why am I not supposed to know this? You mean big business wants to keep making money selling gas and cars that use gas? Darn! I did not know this. The evil overlords have blinded me to their horrible ways; all this time I thought they had my interests at heart. Woe unto them. Anyway, this book has some interesting information, but it's not anything so interesting as to become a "thing you're not supposed to know." I should have bought a used copy. It's worth a read, it's just not all it's cracked up to be.
3227587
I didn't read it.  It looks boring as hell.  I must've been forced to purchase it for one of the kids.