不科学的美国
Unscientific America
Chris C. Mooney、Sheril Kirshenbaum · 初版 2009 年
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气候变化、能源危机、核扩散——二十一世纪许多最紧迫的问题都需要科学的解决方案。然而，美国人对科学家的关注却越来越少。有线电视新闻每播出五个小时，涉及科学的内容还不足一分钟；46%的美国人认为地球上的生命是上帝创造的，而非进化而来；自1989年以来，设有科学专栏的报纸数量已从九十五家缩减至三十三家。科学界与美国文化之间的脱节正与日俱增。在 Unscientific America 一书中，新闻记者……
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我最近读的两本书是 Jacoby 的《The Age of American Unreason》[1]，以及 Mooney & Kirschenbaum 的《Unscientific America》[2]。两本都值得一读，但 Jacoby 的分析更深刻、更透彻，而且花了大量篇幅探讨历史根源和发展趋势。这个话题与……有着很深的千丝万缕的联系
Two books I've recently read are The Age of American Unreason by Jacoby [1] and Unscientific America by Mooney & Kirschenbaum [2]. Both are worth reading, but Jacoby gives a deeper and more thoughtful analysis and spends considerable time on historical roots and trends. This topic is tied heavily to…
……大部分公众要么太忙，要么太懒，要么太蠢，根本不会去这么做。至于科学家被“赶出”共和党这件事，可以先从 Chris Mooney 的《The Republican War on Science》读起，接着看同一作者写的《Unscientific America》、Matt Taibbi 的《The Great Derangement》，或者 Charles Pierce 的《Idiot America》。粗略翻翻《Merchants of Doubt》或者《Doubt is their Product》，就能看出科学界与各种企业智库之间的千丝万缕……
…Most of the public is too busy, too lazy, or too stupid to do this. As far as scientists being "chased" from the republican party, start with The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney, move on to Unscientific America by the same author, The Great Derangement by Matt Tiabbi, or Idiot America by Charles Pierce. Skim through Merchants of Doubt or Doubt is their Product to see some of the links to various corporate think…