A Playbook for Science Denial, ‘Scientific Phallocracy’ in the Animal Kingdom, and More
The Playbook: How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World by Jennifer Jacquet. Pantheon, 2022 ($28)
Trusting the scientific process is undeniably the right thing to do when trying to make good decisions in a complicated world. But it can also be no fun. Many of the truths science reveals—that burning fossil fuels harms the environment, that smoking cigarettes causes cancer—are real bummers. Wouldn't it be fun to side against the scientific consensus for once?
If you feel exhausted from…