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14 reviews for:
Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science
Kent Heckenlively, Judy Mikovits
3.52 AVERAGE
14 reviews for:
Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science
Kent Heckenlively, Judy Mikovits
3.52 AVERAGE
aswasforetold's review against another edition
1.0
The Good: yes, the pharmaceutical industry needs to be scrutinized for certain practices and funding sources need to be better.
The Bad: literally everything else. This is not a science book. It is a book with an agenda. The only arguments against criticism are conspiracy. With only 7 pages of footnotes (most of them for large block quotes), many retracted papers and disproven studies. No experiments have been replicated. A study that had not been repeated that used 17 people is "hard evidence", and the solution for Flint's water crisis us apparently putting cannabis in the water supply.
Don't bother. It's painfully at best, harmful at worst.
Oh, and the writing itself is not good, and the chapter organization is also bad. And no index, those are for suckers (or books of study).
The Bad: literally everything else. This is not a science book. It is a book with an agenda. The only arguments against criticism are conspiracy. With only 7 pages of footnotes (most of them for large block quotes), many retracted papers and disproven studies. No experiments have been replicated. A study that had not been repeated that used 17 people is "hard evidence", and the solution for Flint's water crisis us apparently putting cannabis in the water supply.
Don't bother. It's painfully at best, harmful at worst.
Oh, and the writing itself is not good, and the chapter organization is also bad. And no index, those are for suckers (or books of study).
micahammon's review
3.0
3 stars for the writing. 4 stars for the content. Important information. I'm fortunate to be exposed to this information.
The way the book started off is is almost unforgivable though. They tried to hook you in like this was a thriller novel. All the straight forward discussion in the book was very good. The sensationalizing was unneeded.
The way the book started off is is almost unforgivable though. They tried to hook you in like this was a thriller novel. All the straight forward discussion in the book was very good. The sensationalizing was unneeded.