A review of the book: Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World
A recent interview (46 minutes) with the two authors can be viewed here:
From your title I thought this was about the book “The War on Science” that came out this year, which is definitely right wing propaganda. I guess there are two books with that name though and this is much more in the vain of the earlier better one.
They’ve helpfully characterized “the five principal forces of antiscience “ into alliterative groups: (1) plutocrats and their political action committees, (2) petrostates and their politicians and polluters, (3) fake and venal professionals—physicians and professors, (4) propagandists, especially those with podcasts, and (5) the press. The general tactic is that (1) and (2) hire (3) to generate deceitful and inflammatory talking points, which are then disseminated by all-too-willing members of (4) and (5).
I really appreciate them pointing the finger at podcasters specifically. 😆 Never trust anything you hear on a long rambling podcast presented by one man either talking on his own or interviewing one other person!
Why has it always to be some kind of war with you guys?
The brain damaged lead generation has the power.
I have issues with calling it the war on science. It’s way too close to the war on xmas, which only exists in the minds of delusional right wingers.
