so funny that everyone on here is always like lol aaron sorkin is such a phony yet also totally believes that mark zuckerberg invented facebook because he couldn't get laid, which is just something sorkin made up
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Replying to @danielradosh
We have to kill the Sorkin inside our brains, agreed.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
For me it's about knowing the difference between the fake and the real. I have zero problem inventing stuff to make biofilms or political dramas more entertaining. You want truth, watch a documentary
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Replying to @danielradosh
I feel like that distinction is becoming blurry for a lot of people. It's notable that many college students now refer to text books as "novels"
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Replying to @danielradosh
Talk to some university profs. It's become very common in last 5 years or so.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @danielradosh
100%. Novel has become synonym for book, much to academia’s chagrin.
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I guess my next question is whether they still understand the difference. Like southerners who call all soda "coke" but then obviously understand that a Coca-Cola coke is not the same as a Sprite coke
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Replying to @danielradosh @HeerJeet
They understand difference between fiction and nonfiction. They just think novel = book. Textbooks are nonfiction novels.
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And to be clear, we're talking about textbooks, not merely nonfiction books assigned for class, right?
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I think all books are now "novels" -- i.e. my partner assigns historical monographs which students call "novels."
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