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Some Leisurely Recent Readings (in the Yellow box) -- Politically Incorrect and Away From the Academic Fray?

The years (2006/2008) I have been intentionally reading and considering "the other side" of the arguments--multiple-perspective-taking.

Books. 2008

1. Wiker, B. (2008). 10 books that screwed up the world. Washington: Regnery Publishing.

2. Bragg, M. (2006) 12 books that changed the world. London: Hodder and Stoughton.

There is only one author (yet two different books) common to the two lists. 

 
Global Warming
2008-- Read with interest

1. Flannery, T. ((2005). The weather makers. New York: Harper Collins Publisher.

2. Essex, C. & McKitrick, R. (2007). Taken by storm, The troubles science, policy, and politics of global warming. Toronto: Key Porter Books Ltd. Technically fascinating!

3. Lomborg, B. (2007). Cool it. New York: Alfred A Knopf. I liked his case for a more reasonable fiscal ($$$) response to the issues.

2007--The three interesting books that I have read on this topic recently are:

1. Bjorn Lomborg (2001), The Skeptical Environmentalist. Lomborg is a statistician, not an environmentalist, or activist, so he really has "no horse in this race." I found his critique of the environmentalist's agenda and research very compelling. I have encountered a couple of references to his work by "authorities in the field" that were dismissive, but I saw no argument for that dismissive approach.
 
2. P. J. Michaels (2004), Meltdown, The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians and the Media.
Although this book comes from the Cato Institute, one risks committing the genetic fallacy if one dismisses it without dealing with the arguments, the evidence, and the critique offered in the book. I bought it to read the last few chapters on the Philosophical motivation, but found I became more and more intrigued by the technical details and the evidence. The book provides a great deal of evidence on the fraud, fudging, and misrepresentation in the environmental movement. And what surprised me most was that even the premier journals like Science and Nature are not immune. 
For example, Benjamin Santer (a Dept of Energy Climatologist), publishes a paper in Nature (1996) documenting "a strong correspondence between temperatures in the trophosphere-the earth's active weather zone-and projections of climate models" using weather balloon data from 1962 to 1988. However, as Michaels pointed out, the weather balloon data were actually available from 1957 to 1995, and when the total data set was used the correlation washed out. It looks like selective data use to serve one's vision--"The Tyranny of Visions." The book is filled with critique like this that should at least raise the call for the familiar childhood refrain "Stop! Look! Listen!"
 
3. S. F. Singer and D. T. Avery (2007), Unstoppable Global Warming, Every 1500 Years.   
This book was just released and I'm about three-quarters of the way through it. Great read! Just as an example, they give an even more damaging critique of Santer's contributions to the IPCC report in 1996 (p.62-64). It reads like outright fraud on Santer's part. The Tyranny of a Vision! 
I think the authors are right when they claim CO2 is not the forcing agent.
Every other chapter title in the book starts "The baseless fears..."
 
An earlier book I found informative was Eco-Sanity by J. L. Bast, P. J. Hill & R. C. Rue (1994). Also, I learned to be suspicious of the alarmists after reading Julian Simon's "The Ultimate Resource."
 
I also find an affinity with Thomas Sowell's critiques of left-wing do-goodery in The Quest for Cosmic Justice (1999) and Barbarians Inside the Gates (1999). "Stop! Look! Listen" before you cross the Global Warming ice-flow.
  
Radical Islam 1. Bruce Bawer (2006). While Europe Slept.

2. Mark Steyn (2006). America Alone.

3. Oriana Fallaci (2004). The Force of Reason.

4. Lawrence Wright (2006). The Looming Tower.

5. Robert Spencer (2006). The Truth about Muhammad.

6. Robert Spencer (2005). The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)

7. Efraim Karsh (2006). Islamic Imperialism

All of the above paint an alarming picture of Islamicism. The information and arguments seem quite compelling. These books seem to carry more force (emotionally) than more academic works like:

8. Bat Ye'or (2005, 2006). Eurabia, The Euro-Arab Axis.

9. Bat Ye'or (1996). The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam.

10. Bat Ye'or (2002). Islam and Dhimmitude

11. Bernard Lewis (2002). What Went Wrong?

12. Bernard Lewis (2003). The Crisis of Islam.

Ironically, the twelve books read together, while perhaps aligning with politically incorrect practice, do seem to lack the "other side" of the argument, that is, the arguments for Islamicism. Most of the the books above may earn the label of "politically incorrect" based on a multicultural sense of tolerance, sensitivity, and so on, rather than rational arguments.

 
The New Atheism 1. Victor Stenger (2007). God, The Failed Hypothesis. New York: Prometheus Books.

2. Harris, Sam (2004). The End of Faith. New York: W. W. Norton & Company

3. Harris, Sam (2007). Letter to a Christian Nation. New York. Alfred A. Knopf

4. Dawkins, Richard (2006). The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company

I personally found the above four books interesting reading and informative on many points, but weak in balance, argument, and discipline. While they may address many legitimate concerns the style is more rhetorical, and narrow, than scholarly. Ironically, the "tyranny of a vision" facing "five smooth stones."

While not a fan of Deepak Chopra, I found his review of "The God Delusion" in Skeptic (Vol 13, No 2, 2007, pages 52-54) at least open.

The review of Dawkins by Alvin Plantinga was more interesting-- ( http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2007/002/1.21.html )

Plantinga, the philosopher, comments:

"Now despite the fact that this book is mainly philosophy, Dawkins is not a philosopher (he’s a biologist).  Even taking this into account, however, much of the philosophy he purveys is at best jejune.  You might say that some of his forays into philosophy are at best sophomoric, but that would be unfair to sophomores; the fact is (grade inflation aside) many of his arguments would receive a failing grade in a sophomore philosophy class."

And concludes:

"By way of conclusion: The God Delusion is full of bluster and bombast, but it really doesn’t give even the slightest reason for thinking belief in God mistaken, let alone a “delusion”.  The naturalism that Dawkins embraces, furthermore, in addition to its intrinsic unloveliness and its dispiriting conclusions about human beings and their place in the universe, is in deep self-referential trouble.  There is no reason to believe it; and there is excellent reason to reject it." 

5. Dennett, D. (2006). Breaking the Spell. New York: Viking (Just started reading this one.)

  
First Nations 1. Flanagan, T. (2000). First Nations? Second Thoughts. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press.

This is a pretty good history of the aboriginal issues in Canada (and also in part the US, given the panoramic perspective Flanagan adopts).

 

2. VanWynsberghe, R. M. (2002). AlterNatives. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Informative read of the environmental issues in Southern Ontario linked to Walpole Island and the "chemical valley" to the north.

  
Homosexuality Too many interesting readings to list in this box. But a reference list may be seen here.  
Guns Three good ones here...

 

  
Evil 1. Zimbardo, P. (2007). The Lucifer effect. New York: Random House.

2. Gross, J. T. (2006). Fear. New York: Random House.

3. Gazzaniga, M. S. (2005).  The ethical brain. New York: Harper Perennial.

4. Shermer, M. (2004). The science of good and evil. New York: Times Books, Henry Holt and Company.

5. Chamberlain, P. (1996). Can we bo good without God? Downers Grove, Illinois: Inter-Varsity Press.

6. Buckman, R. (2000). Can we be good without God? Toronto: Penguin Books.

7. Frum, D. & Perle, R. (2003) An end to evil. New York: Random House.

8. Miller, A. G. (Ed) (2004). The social psychology of good and evil. New York: The Guilford Press.

9. Baumeister, R. F. (1999) Evil New York: Henry Holt and Company.

 

  
The Media    
     
     
     
     
     

Robert J. Sternberg (Ed) (2002). Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid.

Interesting theoretical perspectives. Puts the academics and their ad hominems in a new light.

Frederick Crews (2001) "Postmodern Pooh."

A nice fit with the Sternberg book just mentioned.

Christina Hoff Sommers  "The War Against Boys"

This book is as "eye-opening" as her first book "Who Stole Feminism."  Seems to be well researched. It also casts Carol Gilligan in a new light--a bad light.

Alan Sokal & Jean Bricmont  "Fashionable Nonsense, Postmodern Intellectuals Abuse of Science"

Anyone looking for material arguing against postmodernity will find it here. The book also contains Sokal's original "Hoax"  published in Social Text.

Paul Gross, Norman Levitt & Martin Lewis  "The Flight From Science and Reason"

This 1996 publication of the Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences has great material arguing against many of the tenets of  postmodernity.

Simson Garfinkle  "Database Nation"

We're under surveillance. So what's the future of privacy? Garfinkle--a journalist--sees a project in the works "...that anything that happens anywhere can be known, recorded, and preserved." The publication date for this book is 2000, but it may already be out of date.  Some have claimed that he ECHELON project is already doing just this, or just about this. See http://civilliberty.miningco.com/newsissues/civilliberty/msubpech.htm

Paul Vitz  "The Faith of the Fatherless"

A psychologist who was an atheist until later in life decided to investigate the family life of notable atheists in history. In this group, his experimental group, he finds evidence of "problematic" fathers. Weak, abusive, and absent fathers are prominent..... His control group is made up of prominent theists in history--a group showing very good father-figure influences. The numbers noted make this STATISTICALLY interesting, and thus an intriguing thesis worth considering. Although many elements in this thesis seem overly simplified, he does appear to acknowledge that the  actual mechanics are likely quite complex. 

Wm. Dembski   "The Design Inference"

An interesting melding of STATISTICS, biology, philosophy (particularly epistemology), and theology. Quite technical...quite interesting! 

Dave Grossman "On Killing"

A military psychologist writes on training people to kill. The techniques have similarities to video games, with implications for the armed violence seen in young people. An interesting STATISTICAL note is the accuracy rate of soldiers over time when using firearms. Grossman contends that in earlier military conflicts,  many, if not most, soldiers would intentionally miss their target. Military training personnel then developed techniques to overcome the natural aversion to killing--techniques, he contends, today's youth practice incessantly.

Jeffrey Satinover "The Torah Codes"

Satinover is a psychiatrist, who is now involved in the study of mathematics. He, like many others, is intrigued by the STATISTICAL phenomenon know as the "Torah codes" which gained some credibility when reported in the journal Statistical Science. The codes are linguistic patterns noted in the Hebrew text of the Torah. The patterns are dramatically evident beyond simple chance levels, and this phenomenon has impelled many to pursue the explanation in some depth. Satinover, presents a balance overview, with caution and tentativeness. To date, I have yet to encounter a compelling refutation or explanation of this phenomenon.

Thomas Hibbs "Shows About Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture from the Excorcist to Seinfeld"

Nothing!

 

 

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