Response to Crichton

Michael Crichton published a speech that you may find interesting. This entry is my response to it.

First, a quick note: Near the end of the essay, he lambastes the scientific community for having such a supposedly unwarranted negative view of the book The Skeptical Environmentalist. I highly suggest you read this article about it, which interprets the book's publication as a case study in the modern manipulation of news. Crichton likes a scrappy underdog just as much as the next writer, but he forgot to ask himself how the book became popular despite the supposed "litany" from scientists.

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