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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts) Wed Feb 1, 2012, 02:09 PM Feb 2012

Found this book in the science section of a local bookstore... [View all]

Look what they're shelving under science these days:

From the title I assumed this might an amusing entry along the lines of 'lies your history teacher told you', but it's nothing but right-wing funded pseudoscience:

to wit: Global warming is nonsense, why there's more evidence for intelligent design than for Darwinism, Aids in Africa was never a problem, there are no environmental problems, science and religion are not in conflict, stem cell research is worthless.

Sickening. I took it upon myself to reshelve it under Fiction. The first time in my life I've done that.

Sorry, I know this is nothing new. Just venting.

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Found this book in the science section of a local bookstore... [View all] Ron Obvious Feb 2012 OP

Perhaps it's time to stop shopping at a bookstore that carries... MarkCharles Feb 2012 #1

To right-wingers, of course, this *is* amusing. eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #2

I hadn't heard of them before... Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #10

The History volume insists the Confederacy was right ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #12

I always hide those or move them to fiction PVnRT Feb 2012 #3

I hate myself for having done that Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #6

How is it censorship? PVnRT Feb 2012 #13

It's still authoritarian Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #14

Love yourself. It's healthy, and it's right. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #16

Did you ask the bookstore owner about this? HuckleB Feb 2012 #4

No. Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #7

Well, it's possible the owner didn't know what was in the book. HuckleB Feb 2012 #8

You're right! Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #11

What HuckleB said. progressoid Feb 2012 #15

That author prefers intelligent design over evolution and is not too sure of special relativity.... xocet Feb 2012 #5

Thanks Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #9

Well, I've seen books about Indigo Children in the developmental psychology sections of bookstores LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #17