What I'm Reading 03/11/2010

In LOVE with Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. But then again who doesn't love books about STATISTICS!??!!? He's a great story teller. He takes data, numbers, birth dates, etc. and turns it into an adventure. I would put him in the same category as Michael Lewis. They take all this dry research and somehow make it captivating. I'm currently reading a chapter about geniuses. Gladwell is saying that, based on studies, you don't need to be ridiculoulys smart to be successful, you just need to be smart enough. There is a big different between those who have an IQ of 70 & 100, but once your IQ is above 150 there isn't much different between the "success" of a person with an IQ of 150 and an IQ of 180. What's more important is one's ambition and "practical intelligence" than "general intelligence".

Still haven't finished What's So Great About Christianity. This book talks about science for 5 straight chapters and philosophy for the rest. I just hope I can finish it by book club at the end of the month.