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Cargando... The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to Science (Politically Incorrect Guides) (edición 2005)por Tom Bethell
Información de la obraGuía políticamente incorrecta de la ciencia por Tom Bethell
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The word that is often used in political speech is the word "consensus' when referring to anything relating to science. Despite the consensus of most economists on the benefits of free trade, lower minimum wage laws, free markets, vouchers, etc these politicians will often ignore consensus to pursue their politics. In the same vein this book offers a criticism of accepted consensus to offer an alternative view. I am not a scientist, but it is interesting nonetheless. Smashing consensus viewpoints is the purpose and it is somewhat successful in making one skeptical. ( ) I have a detailed series of chapter-by-chapter reviews at my blog, summarized here: http://www.anthonares.net/2005/12/scientifically-incorrect-guide-to.html Here is my summary paragraph: This book is not a work of science, it is a work of political propaganda most likely intended to arm its readers with a series of smart sound-bite arguments. It is poorly researched, badly written, deliberately incomplete, and displays extremely negligent journalism. Those that read it to learn about science will be grossly misinformed and made ignorant by the dishonest journalism of Tom Bethell. I cannot state strongly enough how disgusting the AIDS chapter is, and how badly that reflects on the entire work, as well as the author. The best fate that this book could receive is to be condemned to the trash-heap of science journalistic history, because its few successes do not merit the 270+ pages it is printed on. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"If the globe is warming, is mankind responsible, or is the sun?" Such a statement does not appear out of place in Bethell's entertaining account of how modern science is politically motivated and in desperate need of oversight. Bethell writes in a compulsively readable style, and although he provides legitimate insight into the potential benefits of nuclear power and hormesis, some readers will be turned off when he attempts to disprove global warming and especially evolution. Throughout the book, Bethell makes questionable claims about subjects as varied as AIDS ("careful U.S. studies had already shown that at least a thousand sexual contacts are needed to achieve heterosexual transmission of the virus") and extinction ("It is not possible definitely to attribute any given extinction to human activity"), and backs up his arguments with references to the music magazine SPIN and thriller-writer Michael Crichton. Ironically, Bethell ends up proving his own premise by producing a highly politicized account of how liberal intellectuals and unchecked government agencies have created a "white-coated priesthood" whose lust for grant money has driven them to produce fearsome (but in Bethell's view, false) tales of ozone destruction and AIDS pandemics. In the end, this book is unlikely to sway readers who aren't already in Bethell's ideological camp, as any points worthy of discussion get lost in the glut of unsourced claims that populate this latest installment of "The Politically Incorrect Guide" series. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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