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Dear Boocklub,
Discussion of Mukherjee's "The Gene" led to the topic of bad science/bad scientists. I could not grasp bad science, only bad scientists, as science feels firm as basic chemistry, mathematics, physics, etc. Bad scientists are self-explanatory. Mulling over bad science, I began to imagine what TG was trying to represent. Doing (bad) research online, I did come across an entertaining TED talk by Ben Goldacre on "Battling Bad Science":
https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science
Selected for an upcoming selection:
"American Philosophy" John Kaag
Also considered:
"Lincoln in the Bardo" George Saunders
"Exit West" Mohsin Hamid
The Gallery:
Up next: Eric Ripert's "32 Yolks"
Happy reading,
LK
