Difference between revisions of "13 Things That Don't Make Sense"
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| − | + | '''''13 Things That Don't Make Sense''''' is a book about 13 ideas in science that don't fit with our current theories. The author plays devil's advocate for unpopular theories while exposes the flaws in the popular ones. | |
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| + | ==Review== | ||
| + | ===Good=== | ||
| + | * The book is mostly entertaining and enlightening. | ||
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| + | ===Bad=== | ||
| + | * The chapter on cold fusion seems suspiciously optimistic. | ||
| + | * The placebo chapter seems out of date considering recent evidence. | ||
| + | * The chapters about actual scientific mysteries were nice, but since he defends several poor theories with flimsy evidence, it makes me wonder if those are equally poorly-researched. | ||
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| + | ===Ugly=== | ||
| + | * The author is very sympathetic to homeopathy. He doesn't out-right promote it, but he isn't very critical of something that violates science so readily. Since I know of a lot of evidence against it, it makes his evidence in favor seem cherry-picked. | ||
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Revision as of 13:23, 8 July 2015
13 Things That Don't Make Sense is a book about 13 ideas in science that don't fit with our current theories. The author plays devil's advocate for unpopular theories while exposes the flaws in the popular ones.
Review
Good
- The book is mostly entertaining and enlightening.
Bad
- The chapter on cold fusion seems suspiciously optimistic.
- The placebo chapter seems out of date considering recent evidence.
- The chapters about actual scientific mysteries were nice, but since he defends several poor theories with flimsy evidence, it makes me wonder if those are equally poorly-researched.
Ugly
- The author is very sympathetic to homeopathy. He doesn't out-right promote it, but he isn't very critical of something that violates science so readily. Since I know of a lot of evidence against it, it makes his evidence in favor seem cherry-picked.
