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Reality Check is sure to piss you off

Revisado: 09-12-14

Would you listen to Reality Check again? Why?

No--only because I rarely re-read (or re-listen) to books twice--there are too many new books I haven't gotten to yet! :-)
That said, it is a good reference tool if I have to challenge a denier on any of the many topics that Prothero covered--so there's a good chance I will revisit parts of the book.

What other book might you compare Reality Check to and why?

"Merchants of Doubt" by James Conway and Naomi Oreskes. Prothero borrows heavily from this book in his first couple chapters.

What about Darren Stephens’s performance did you like?

It was smooth and unobtrusive. Stevens brought a gravitas to the book that often belied the snarky tone Prothero had. Eventually, however, you could occasionally hear some of Prothero's cynicism and snark creep into Stevens' voice.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

As the title of this review may have clued you in, it does have the ability to piss the reader off--whether you get angry at the science deniers that have infiltrated our culture, our media, and our legislatures, or whether you are an anti-vaxxer conspiracist, climate denier, or believer in homeopathy, Prothero's calling you “ignorant”, “crazy”, “quacks” or “foaming at the mouth loonies”, or whether you are tired of the name-calling in our civil discourse, there is something in "Reality Checks" that is sure to raise the hackles on your neck.

Any additional comments?

Prothero covers lots of ground in this book, with chapters devoted to evolution, tobacco, climate change, vaccines to HIV, the SDI (or Star Wars) Missile Defense System, acid rain, ozone depletion, creationism, population growth, alternative medicines and astronomy, and other advocates of "junk science."

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