[James Hutton]

Cause, on 08 November 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

There is also a ridiculous conversation in the book during one of elodins classes where one of the students descries how all finite things are finite.

I ran that part past a mathematician friend, and after reading it he said it was essentially true!

[Abyss]

James Hutton, on 28 October 2012 - 02:20 PM, said:

...During my holiday I read the Books of the North by Cook, Name of the Wind by Rothfuss and Storm Front by Butcher. My response was that I immediately ordered the second Cook series (Books of the South) and Rothfuss' second book, and re-read NotW. I never touched Storm Front again, nor ordered more Butcher books....

I might get shot for this.

Don't tell Abyss.

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[polishgenius]

Cause, on 08 November 2012 - 09:26 PM, said:

Also Remember Qvothe knows magic, knows the Chandrian are real, had sex with a fairy but mocks Vintish superstition about shamble men.

For a really smart person Kvothe is unbelievably stupid quite a lot of the time.

[Overactive Imagination]

I liked Name of the Wind up until the part where Kvothe started telling his story. Then it just got boring and stupid imo.

[Cause]

Overactive Imagination, on 09 November 2012 - 06:06 AM, said:

I liked Name of the Wind up until the part where Kvothe started telling his story. Then it just got boring and stupid imo.

you mean the entire book?

The maths things is nonsense. A finite thing divided an infinite number of times would create parts that are infinitely small, not as is claimed parts that are not infinitely small. Their multiplication by infinity to create infinity is a kind of mathematical paradox, that is highly suspect. Its also demonstrably false in the rule world. Again a case of pure logic vs observed reason. A stick cant be divided infinitely for example.. Even energy has a base unit.

[Overactive Imagination]

Cause, on 09 November 2012 - 12:08 PM, said:

Overactive Imagination, on 09 November 2012 - 06:06 AM, said:

I liked Name of the Wind up until the part where Kvothe started telling his story. Then it just got boring and stupid imo.

you mean the entire book?

No. If I remember right, the first 50 or so pages are not Kvothe telling his story in the first person.