Much of the data Crichton uses backs up his belief that the global warming hysteria is just that, hysteria. At the end of the book he has two essays describing his belief on global warming and pseudo-science in general. They are somewhat interesting. For someone who studied history they show a good correlation between other 'fads' previously touted as science.
In general this book would be a good vacation read. It's not intellectual fertilizer, but will keep you interested enough on a long plane flight or a nice day at the beach to keep you turning pages. There are enough questions raised to perhaps make you at least question some things you hear in the media without blindly accepting it as truth.
In the end, shouldn't we at least question all things we see or are taught as rock hard science?
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Article comments
1 - Dan
hi I to enjoyed Michael's State of Fear book. Can you help me tho, i need to quote a blook of text but I can't find it. if i recall is am odd ball talking to Evans and in short say that the church are as bad at the rest, not giving a dam just sitting there in their hot church's.
can you help.
just make comment on one of my blog logs
thank's
2 - joanne
This book is a crock. See this week's TIME mag cover.
Get a clue people.