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Publisher: Penguin Pr
Publication Date: 2009-10-29
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1594202303
ISBN-13: 9781594202308
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Description: New Yorker writer Michael Specter takes a stand for science, claiming that those who deny the obvious benefits of scientific advances such as vaccinations, prescription drugs and genetically modified food are actively obstructing the pro...
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Synopsis
New Yorker writer Michael Specter takes a stand for science, claiming that those who deny the obvious benefits of scientific advances such as vaccinations, prescription drugs and genetically modified food are actively obstructing the progress of the human species and promoting the spread of suffering, starvation and disease. Specter openly condemns those who continue to promote the modern-day alchemy represented by dietary supplements, organic foods and alternative medicines, unleashing a deluge of data which demonstrates that these trendy health inventions have repeatedly been proven to be ineffective. He calls for a renewal of the spirit of scientific inquiry which has driven progress since the Enlightenment and which represents our best hope for overcoming the most pressing problems of the contemporary world.

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Publication Date:2009-10-29

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Length:294 pages
Height:9.8 in
Width:6.8 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:17.6 oz

Publisher's Note
In DENIALISM, New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter reveals that Americans have come to mistrust institutions and especially the institution of science more today than ever before. For centuries, the general view had been that science is neither good nor bad-that it merely supplies information and that new information is always beneficial. Now, science is viewed as a political constituency that isn't always in our best interest. We live in a world where the leaders of African nations prefer to let their citizens starve to death rather than import genetically modified grains. Childhood vaccines have proven to be the most effective public health measure in history, yet people march on Washington to protest their use. In the United States a growing series of studies show that dietary supplements and "natural" cures have almost no value, and often cause harm. We still spend billions of dollars on them. In hundreds of the best universities in the world, laboratories are anonymous, unmarked, and surrounded by platoons of security guards-such is the opposition to any research that includes experiments with animals. And pharmaceutical companies that just forty years ago were perhaps the most visible symbol of our remarkable advance against disease have increasingly been seen as callous corporations propelled solely by avarice and greed. As Michael Specter sees it, this amounts to a war against progress. The issues may be complex but the choices are not: Are we going to continue to embrace new technologies, along with acknowledging their limitations and threats, or are we ready to slink back into an era of magical thinking? In DENIALISM, Specter makes an argument for a new Enlightenment, the revival of an approach to the physical world that was stunningly effective for hundreds of years: What can be understood and reliably repeated by experiment is what nature regarded as true. Now, at the time of mankind's greatest scientific advances-and our greatest need for them-that deal must be renewed.

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"In this hotly argued yet data-filled diatribe, Mr. Specter skips past some of the easiest realms of science baiting (i.e., evolution) to address more current issues, from the ethical questions raised by genome research to the furiously fought debate over the safety of childhood vaccinations."
(11/04/2009)

"DENIALISM is a firestorm of a book, a broadside against anyone who would wish to hold back science out of fear....Specter's most important point is his most irresistible one. The only thing scarier than new technologies is refusing to have a healthy, informed, and civil discussion about them."
(11/15/2009)

"While [Specter's] book brims with passion and many interesting facts, he repeatedly pulls rabble-rousing tricks...and his annoyance is rarely focused....In his haste to sort people into two bins--either scientifically enlightened or in denial--Specter overlooks an important trend: for better or worse, people are more skeptical of authority than they used to be and want to think for themselves, which includes grappling with the minutiae of science."
(11/29/2009)

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