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Non-Fiction Book Poll
- President Camacho
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Re: Non-Fiction Book Poll
Maybe Hobbes should be reconsidered as a book selection. I have my copy and it is extremely heavy reading and may prove too dry for active discussion. I'm still definitely reading it but I don't see a lot of people 'enjoying' it...
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President Camacho, the cool thing about this new polling method is everyone can read what you just said about the Hobbes book. Up until we have selected a winner or two, everyone can change their votes. Hopefully people that are voting are also reading the comments left by other voters. And if you feel the Hobbes book might not make for a good discussion why not change your vote? There are some great selections on the menu. I'm just hoping we get you involved in whatever book wins.
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Re: Non-Fiction Book Poll
I'm surprised at the interest for Hobbes. I'd be more inclined to read a survey of political philosophy/theory than plowing through Hobbes. I'm not sure of a good one though.
- Chris OConnor
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We will probably be selecting a few books from this poll so fear not. Even if Hobbes is a winner we'll have another book to discuss concurrently.
We're getting a TON more activity on these new polls than previous polls.
We're getting a TON more activity on these new polls than previous polls.
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I think we have enough votes to pick a few winning books from this poll. Would anyone like to change their votes so we can make a final decision?
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We have two books with 7 votes each. There is some overlap between the two books, in other words, some people voted for both books. So some of the people that voted for both books could easily decide to read and discuss only one of two books. This would be reasonable and we could not be surprised or disappointed in this decision. Then again, we might see a few of these people joining in both book discussions.
Here are the poll results:
BOOk 2 - Hobbes: Leviathan: Revised student edition by Thomas Hobbes
CWT36, DWill, Dave The Marine, President Camacho, Sal_McCoy, franic, heledd
BOOK 16 - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
CWT36, DWill, Robert Tulip, Sal_McCoy, franic, geo, wilde
A few of these voters are brand new to the community and we'll be taking a gamble with counting their votes.
I'm going to create a discussion forum for both of these books right now. The goal is to have these two discussions start January 1st.
Here are the poll results:
BOOk 2 - Hobbes: Leviathan: Revised student edition by Thomas Hobbes
CWT36, DWill, Dave The Marine, President Camacho, Sal_McCoy, franic, heledd
BOOK 16 - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
CWT36, DWill, Robert Tulip, Sal_McCoy, franic, geo, wilde
A few of these voters are brand new to the community and we'll be taking a gamble with counting their votes.
- franic has 1 post on the forums and he/she voted for both books. Will this person participate? Seeing as a vote was cast for both books we have little to lose.
- Dave the Marine has 15 posts but appears to be jumping right into forum discussions.
I'm going to create a discussion forum for both of these books right now. The goal is to have these two discussions start January 1st.
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Re: Non-Fiction Book Poll
On the next poll we can go back to these books and grab some that are still of interest. Call it recycling if you will.