Denialism
How Irrational Thinking 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