Denialism
How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

Over the last few years, I've become increasingly interested in the gap between scientific and technological developments and the public perception of those developments. In Denialism, journalist Michael Specter dives straight into this gap and makes a compelling argument that this problem is among......more

This book is excellent for what it is: a general overview of several examples which illustrate "denialism". No, it doesn't offer much in the way of solutions to the issues it addresses: I didn't expect it to. Of course it would have been nice, but I'm against the idea that people should not promote a......more

An OK survey of 'deniers' of modern science such as the anti-vaccine or alternative healing crowds. On one level it's a well written and well researched polemic--I certainly learned quite a bit about various movements, something about the science of different areas, and got quite worked up in places......more

3.5/5 stars As many reviewers have pointed out, this book has some flaws in terms like science and technology, contains harsh treatments to the denialists, and lacks of supportive evidence and further suggestions on how to deal with the issues, but by no means that it has no good points whatsoever. Wh......more

"Farm animals take up the vast majority of agricultural land and eat one-third of the world's grain. In the rich nations we consume three times the meat and four times the milk per capita of people in poorer countries. [...] Livestock already consume 80 percent of the world's soybeans and more than......more