{"product_id":"bogus-science-how-scare-politics-robs-voters-corrupts-research-and-poisons-minds-9781645720300","title":"Bogus Science: How Scare Politics Robs Voters, Corrupts Research and Poisons Minds","description":"The good name of true science, which has transformed the world we live in marvelous ways over the last 200 years, has been hijacked for several decades by politicians seeking to employ science and scientists in support of dubious political goals. They have used their power over grants to universities and their power over federal regulatory agencies and United Nations initiatives to this end. \u003ci\u003eBogus Science\u003c\/i\u003e examines a series of scares perpetrated by American politicians in collaboration with the UN over the last fifty years: DDT, acid rain, the \"ozone hole\" and of course \"global warming.\" These scares have cost the world trillions of dollars and all have been debunked by serious scientists. Author George Melloan argues that protection of the environment is a goal that all rational people share, and the incredible advance of genuine science has brought about great strides in creating a cleaner, healthier, and safer human environment in the course of modern history. But that noble cause has been hijacked by zealots motivated by other impulses, which in the extreme derive from what some social philosophers describe as anti-humanism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Republic Book Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645720300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"George Melloan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40190051057845,"sku":"9781645720300","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0c2aa606-1f43-4055-b88f-fae24dfea588.jpg?v=1623128321","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bogus-science-how-scare-politics-robs-voters-corrupts-research-and-poisons-minds-9781645720300","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}