Even though he wrote it "as plainly as possible while still having academic credibility," Greg Graffin didn't think his dissertation, Monism, Atheism, and The Naturalist Worldview: Perspectives From Evolutionary Biology, would sell the initial 500 copies he paid to have printed. Most professors retain stacks of their dissertations. But most professors aren't the lead singer of arguably the most intelligent and sage punk band of all time, Bad Religion. Without a publisher, the book has sold 10,000 copies, which means a lot of teens are reading Graffin's interviews with evolutionary biologists on their own religious beliefs.
"I didn't expect it would sell as a piece of merchandise," says Graffin, who sold the books from his academic website (Polypterus.org) instead of BadReligion.com. "The nature of sharing information is so partitioned," Graffin says. "You lose credibility when use one category to sell the other."
But there's a single source to Graffin's multiple outlets: "My most creative writing, I think, comes when I'm very active in the science," says Graffin. "It sort of puts me in a zone that is pure mind power and not so much scrutiny."
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01/23/2008 at 16:05
im sure this was asked before but where can i get a copy?
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12/20/2007 at 16:40
I read it once. Plan on reading it again.
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12/17/2007 at 07:58
"Is he talking about music writing or science writing? I hope it's not the latter, because I think Graffin would agree that scrutiny is crucial to good science writing."
His statement is very ambiguous. He's talking about the compelling and inspirational aspect of being immersed in science, as opposed to an extended break when his mind may not have anything recent or direct to draw from. But that's simply my interpretation of it. It'd be stupid to assume Greg Graffin discredits scrutiny. |
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12/15/2007 at 16:00
So anyone of you guys read the book?
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12/15/2007 at 08:53
too*
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12/15/2007 at 08:52
ha I have both versions two. I enjoyed reading it a lot back when it came out.
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12/15/2007 at 04:36
I've got a copy, too. It's signed "good luck" and is >500. I've also got a Graffin-signed suffer T-shirt. All I need now is a picture of me with him... oh got that too.
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12/15/2007 at 00:25
I have 2 copies. One is signed in Black (first 500 copies) and the second is signed in Blue (copies 501-1000) Their sweeeeet!
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12/14/2007 at 19:09
I got a copy right after they went on sale. Greg signed it, too. I'll sell it for ten billion dollars :)
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12/14/2007 at 08:28
I was looking for a copy too. Proud of Graffin though, good job - he's earned it.
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12/13/2007 at 23:49
Comments by mike from United States on 2007-12-13 @ 22:18
Will there be more copies of the dissertation available soon? I hope so. Only copies I could find when I was looking was on ebay, which went for quite a bit of money. |
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12/13/2007 at 22:18
Will there be more copies of the dissertation available soon?
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12/13/2007 at 18:54
?My most creative writing, I think, comes when I?m very active in the science,? says Graffin. ?It sort of puts me in a zone that is pure mind power and not so much scrutiny.?
Is he talking about music writing or science writing? I hope it's not the latter, because I think Graffin would agree that scrutiny is crucial to good science writing. This article is pretty poorly written, but it's interesting to hear Graffin's views on the merchandising of his dissertation. |
