Q: You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: An Instinct for the Capillary Product review: If you want to know why academics are considered such boors, read this book. It is a textbook of minutia, pettiness, and strawmen. Just as professors often indulge themselves in class, at the students' expense, by attacking adversaries unfairly, Dennett wastes 500+ pages on petty disputes with real (and, I suspect) imagined enemies. Starting with an important premise, he runs it into the ground and fails to deliver any comprehensible summary of the broad significance of Darwin's ideas. Aspects that should have been mentioned in a paragraph are made into long, haranguing chapters. The disputes are so-o-o-o boring. Dennett may be a great guy and a brilliant mind; if so, he did himself a major disservice in writing this book. If there is any justice, he will perish by publishing.This book badly needed an editor. If it had one, it would have been 300 pages shorter. Save your reading time for something that will enrich your life, not this pedantric mess.
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Q: You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Dance With The Devil-I loved it!! Product review: Dance With The Devil was a very enjoyable read. The characters of Zarek and Astrid were both extremely well written. Their relationship was interesting to follow because it took a while for Zarek to warm up to Astrid, which was understandable given his horrific experiences. The action was a page turner. I would highly recommend this book for paranormal romance lovers.
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Q: You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Not compatible with IBM Thinkpad T-Series Product review: This thing stunk. It installed ok, but never connected with the AP. I gave it to a friend to try out and it worked fine on his. My T21 Thinkpad would not power it up correctly, so I am now using an Orinoco Gold - great card, great features.
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Q: You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Great Retrospective on the World Champions Product review: King and O'Nan help us to relive the typical drama of every Red Sox season, but within the context of an extraordinary Championship journey - from spring training through the dog days until we reach glory in October. Their appreciation for the annual BoSox experience as fans, as well as for the nuances of the players involved, is a welcome chronicle of a season which will live on forever in the hearts and minds of the Nation's faithful.p.s. No reason for Yankees fans to be bitter. Just read this book to be reminded how the biggest payroll in your history collapsed under its own greedy weight.
