And, keep in mind what I just said: Faith in Science.
I’m now reading James P. Hogan’s Kicking the Sacred Cow. It’s an interesting book, a rebuttal of various “popular science” themes, including Evolution, the Big Bang, and (my favorite) Global Warming. Hogan applies a clear-eyed scientific method to these issues, reporting what experts in the field are saying, instead of what “experts” in other fields are saying. Apparently, this is an ongoing problematic theme in popular science today: Scientists commenting outside their fields of expertise are just as likely as lay persons (in fact they are lay persons) to go along with public opinion as lay people are.
Here are a few of my thoughts on the subjects based upon what I read:
Fair warning, this book takes you to the scientific roots of these issues, so its a very dry read. Lots of statistics and such. And (as the title implies), it completely flies in the face of popular thought regarding these issues.
I highly recommend reading this book! I wonder what Al Gore thinks of it…
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