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Guns, Germs, and Steel

2/17/2009

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If you could talk to Dr. Diamond, what are three questions you would ask concerning the content of Gun, Germs, and Steel or an alternative theory to the difference in human histories?

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kristin naujok
2/17/2009 08:21:34 am

If I could talk to Mr. Diamond about his book Guns, Germs, and Steel these are the 3 questions I would ask him:

-Why did you sum up the whole book (about 400 pages total) in 1 sentence at the start (in the prologue)? Wouldn't you rather write a 1 paragraph blog on a website over the subject instead of 400 pages worth?

-What inspired you (other than Yali) to write such an in-depth book over one question?

-How long did it take you to research for all of the facts you've stated in your book? Did you go to all of the places you wrote about do discover these facts?

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Devika Pillay
2/17/2009 08:56:29 am

If I were to ask Mr. Diamond three questions about his book Guns, Germs, and Steel, I would ask:

*How did you find the self-will and patience to write this book?

* How and where did you get the information that you presented in this book?

*Did you study this topic before or did you have some type of occupation relating to the study of human history?

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Gabbi Williams link
2/17/2009 09:24:00 am

How did you come to believe in evolution?

Where did you come across all the information in the book? You did not seem to mention it inside it:(

How long did it take you to write this book, because I do not have the attention span to do that!?

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Candice Allen link
2/17/2009 09:47:37 am

If I were to converse with Jared Diamond about his book, Guns, Germs, and Steel, I would probably ask:

~What encouraged you to write such a novel as Guns, Germs, and Steel?

~What sources, like interviews and books, did you use for this novel?

~Why did you refer to the Maori and Moriori civilizations? Why not some other civilization?

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Rachel Franco
2/17/2009 12:37:37 pm

If I were to ask Dr. Diamond questions about his book, I would ask him the following:

1. I simply would like to know if he completley gave up studying bird evolution to study the evolution and colonization of human societies. (I know it's kind of off topic of the book, but I would serioulsly ask that.)

2. How long did it take you to obtain the information you've presented in your book?

3. I know that whites today live in a society full of modern ways of communication, transportation, entertainment, food production, ect. which has made these societies powerful and dominant throughout the world, but in your studies have you found any masked advantages at all to living in a simple, primative society?

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Cherith Naig
2/18/2009 07:51:50 am

If I were able to inquire Mr. Diamond about this book, I would ask these 3 questions:

1. What gave you the idea that we truly evolved from monkeys?Please don't take offense, I am just truly curious.

2. It seems that you took a journey while researching this book, what different types of people did you meet?

3. So you say that Guns, Germs, and Steel is the main reason for the advantage of Europe, which at some point I agree with, but do you not think there are other reasons?

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Evan Hovenden link
2/19/2009 08:13:11 am

Why do you repeat things so much?

Why did you write this book?

What do you think modern animals will evolve into in the future? (any animal)

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Cristian San Miguel
2/19/2009 11:43:39 am

My 3 questions are:

1. Do you feel satisfied with your final work?


2. Is your friend Yali gracious for your works and how does he feel about it?


3. If you wanted to
would you have made your book longer?
Did you have more information to put in your book?



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Anthony Samson
2/22/2009 10:10:55 am

1. Do you think that you could visit our class at Horn?

2. Did you have any biased opinions on any topic in the book? [I'm not trying to be mean our anything...]

3. How extensive was the research you put forth to create this book?

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