Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives, (Paperback)

from waynet_az

The book started off well, giving some excellent examples of denialism in action and then quickly descended into just a book about genetic science advancement with no more "denialism" examples after the first half of the book or so. That, combined with sweeping statements about how we have destro...

from dcunning11235

This book was well worth the read. Having read it from the library, I've just bought a copy to lend to a few acquaintances with whom I've had past discussions touching on topics here. I feel I've never been able to really convey what the problems with 'Denialism' are in our discussions/arguments ...

from Devil_llama

Overall, not a bad introduction to the problem on non-scientific and anti-scientific thinking. The author attempts to show the ways in which our current society, both left and right, is engaged in denying science based on personal preference or ideology, and how it is dangerous to do that. He add...

from gopfolk

With this book I'm torn. I find that the author took great care in picking out his topics but in many circumstances failed to deliver the final message. Case in point is Vioxx...so was the company the denier or was it those that tarred and feathered the company the deniers? Was it pure greed on t...

from StephenBarkley

Michael Specter is one frustrated and fiery man. He's fed up with people's mistrust of science and affection for homey remedies. Take the latest raw milk craze, for example. Before pasteurization, milk was a major source of food-borne illness in the world. Now people are beginning to mistrust the...