I wanted to read this book because in the last year and a half there seem to be more science deniers among my acquaintances. So far I've dealt with an overload of nonsense by blocking their feed from my timeline (I can deal with a little bit of nonsense - it's actually quite informative - but I don't want it to take over a substantial part of the timeline).

Lee McIntyre shows that science deniers on any topic use the same tactics:
* cherry-picking evidence
* belief in conspiracy theories
* reliance on fake experts (and the denigration of real experts)
* committing logical errors
* setting impossible expectations for what science can achieve

The way to talk to them - on their chosen topic of not following mainstream science - is pretty much the same for all: talk to them respectfully. That works in pretty much any conversation, regardless of topic.

The book starts out interesting, but I kind of lost interest around the GMO chapter. Mainly, I think, because Lee McIntryre wanted to find out if there is such a thing as liberal science denial. Does it matter?

I read an ARC through NetGalley.