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Visit a reputable Sleep Foundation website

Revisado: 11-29-18

This book is a mix of evidence-based suggestions, findings of correlations vs causation, personal opinions, and pure speculation. If you make enough suggestions, some may help somebody out there, but you can get the same advice from surfing the web. I am glad I got this book on sale instead of paying full price.

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Not for beginners

Revisado: 01-21-17

I am a beginner. "This book is for people, who have at least basic knowledge in the field of quantum mechanics and general relativity and who want to learn what these theories means for space-time structure and its very existence, when they are combined together."
- Matúš Frisík

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Handbook for clutter reduction

Revisado: 01-21-17

I was hoping to learn something about Minimalism. Clutter seems to be the least compelling argument against consumer culture. I am not sure the author's reference to Christ's teaching are convincing. I suspect Siddhārtha Gautama and Buddhism provide more depth on teachings against materialism.

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Effective and concise account of American farming

Revisado: 06-22-13

Great, balanced history of American agriculture with a little bit of everything, personal farm experience, economic history, science and technology, organic vs conventional foods. Particularly deep on policy history which may require re-reading to fully appreciate for this non-social scientist.

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Too long, too anecdotal, & too much heat with too

Revisado: 10-21-12

What disappointed you about Animal Factory?

I was disappointed with the lack of science in the discussion of health concerns. For example, historically most cancer clusters have been a recognized statistical artifact (i.e. a sampling issue, not a health issue) in public health for many years. However, the author devotes many sentences itemizing these anecdotes and only a relatively brief allusion to the lack of causal association with CAFOs.
There is a legitimate argument to be made regarding pollution and the cost to society, but it is obscured by many pages of health effects innuendo.

What didn’t you like about William Hughes’s performance?

He did not pronounce scientific names correctly.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Animal Factory?

Shorten family anecdotes in favor of a more thoughtful discussion of lack of health evidence, and legitimate debate on pollution, costs to society, and farm subsidies.

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Too much numerator and not enough denominator data

Revisado: 06-23-12

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Interesting descriptive information about these populations, but compared to what? People with statistics background will likely be disappointed. On the other hand, it probably won't hurt to adopted many of the lifestyle activities identified in the book.

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Not what I was looking for

Revisado: 06-23-12

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This was a good overview of how to begin thinking critically about expert advice. I was looking for a more in depth exploration and examples of problems with cognitive biases on the part of experts.

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Not bad

Revisado: 12-24-09

Author interview on the radio was more fascinating than book. Was looking for a little more history and a little less spice.

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