God's Debris: A Thought Experiment by Scott Adams

Yep. The creator of Dilbert himself. And this one is a stark contrast to what goes into his Dilbert strips. When you first open the pdf, it will remind you of a report you made in b-school. 144 pages with 12 pages of intro and contents and what not, large font size and line spacing. What that makes for is real easy and fast reading. You'd think whats the point... Until that is you get to the end of the first page of the Introduction where he says,
"The target audience for God’s Debris is people who enjoy having their brains spun around inside their skulls."

The book is written in the form of a discussion between an average Joe and the central character who Adams introduces as "The central character in God’s Debris knows everything. Literally everything." What results is a discussion of the most profound questions of life in a very rational and unique way. The author followed a basic principle while writing God's Debris, Occam's razor, which simply put -"The simplest explanation is usually right."

What is fascinating about this novelette is not just the new perspectives that it takes you through but also the narrative style, a question and answer conversation between a rational being and an irrational one (most of us "average Joe"s are!), taking a lot of cue from the Gita and the Vedas.

A few tips for the book-

• Read it from cover to cover including the Introduction.
• Expect it to be what it is - a thought experiment. Think along with the book. Some of these ideas you'd already have thought of or discussed extensively with others, others would be very novel to you. All of them are sure to churn the grey stuff upstairs!
• If you have a solid conviction of your beliefs, this book will excite you. If you are easily conned or persuaded by philosophical ideas, its better you pass this one by.
• The final tip from Scott Adams himself -
  "You might love this thought experiment wrapped in a story. Or you might hate it. But you won’t easily get it out of your mind. For maximum enjoyment, share God’s Debris with a smart friend and then discuss it while enjoying a tasty beverage."

So here you go, smart folks- Download the ebook here. Looking forward to that discussion over some nice cold beverages :)