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Splendidly revealing,
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This review is from: The Third Man Factor: The Secret to Survival in Extreme Environments (Paperback)
This is a great book of revelation detailing experiences many have had and not understood. It is not a book of science but a book of wonder at a "mystery." Not all mysteries need to be solved scientifically. My 1911 encyclopedia states "uranium is a useless metal." This FASCINATING AND ARTICULATE BOOK IS A FIVE STAR READ FOR ANYONE WHO STILL HAS A LIFE OF INTEREST...DREAMERS AND POETS.
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Anthology,
This review is from: The Third Man Factor: The Secret to Survival in Extreme Environments (Paperback)
This book is entertaining but doesn't really dive in to explore the various occurrences and how they might be different. It's more a collection of stories, often one right after the other with little or no analysis. The author will start off a chapter with an idea described in a paragraph or two, then launch into story after story with little insight, to the point of feeling like you're reading a scrapbook of newspaper clippings...very few interviews with the subjects (those who are still alive). Also very few original ideas are offered by the author, mostly just summarizing work other scientists have done.
It's entertaining reading at times, and certainly well-researched, but the book has a feeling as though it was written a bit too early, before the author had time to process everything and present it in a coherent manner. While this might be the fault of the subject matter, consider the precision with which philosophers have treated the very same subjects of the metaphysical world. Generally entertaining read but don't expect much more.
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A Book to Read and Ponder,
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This review is from: The Third Man Factor: The Secret to Survival in Extreme Environments (Paperback)
The author has compiled an impressive collection of instances of the 'third man' phenomenon--the sensation that one's survival is aided by an 'extra' presence in times of great duress.
Beyond the compilation of a plethora of third-man stories (from mountain climbers, castaways at sea, arctic explorers, over-worked medical students, etc.), the author considers various explanations to the phenomenon. From the divine (supernatural) to the arcane (an artifact of the brain's reaction to low-level magnetic fields) to the evolutionary (a relic of the caveman's bicameral brain). The book provides plenty of anecdotal material and explores the various explanations without drawing a final conclusion. The reader is free to draw his own extrapolations from the raw data. A good read. Provides plenty of nourishment for intellecutal expediture.
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