{"product_id":"quack-quack-the-threat-of-pseudoscience-9781770416581","title":"Quack Quack: The Threat of Pseudoscience","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLet the one and only Dr. Joe battle pseudoscience and cast a life preserver out to all those drowning in a sea of misinformation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Ultimately, the author successfully demonstrates how claims should be queried and analyzed before they are accepted.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are in a crisis. A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery -- loosely defined as the spread of false \"knowledge,\" often accompanied by various versions of \"snake oil\" -- is not a novel phenomenon, it has never posed as great a threat to public health as today. COVID-19 has unleashed an unprecedented flurry of destructive information that has fueled vaccine hesitancy and has steered people toward unproven therapies. Conspiracy theorists have served up a distasteful menu of twisted facts that create distrust in science. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eQuack Quack\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who has been battling flimflam for decades, focuses on the deluge of anecdotes, cherry-picked data, pseudoscientific nonsense, and seductive baseless health claims that undermine efforts to educate the public about evidence-based science. The wide scope of the topics drawn from past and present aims to cast a life preserver to people drowning in a sea of misinformation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770416581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.57w x 0.60d","brand":"Joe Schwarcz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370527166645,"sku":"9781770416581","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9b080eb7-1f6b-4f56-921f-52600dab5653.jpg?v=1663039569","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/quack-quack-the-threat-of-pseudoscience-9781770416581","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}