Comment by Amit Dubey (amit-dubey) on Open & Welcome Thread November 2021 · 2021-11-22T23:23:57.213Z · LW · GW

Hi I just found site this while looking for "textbooks I should read."

I recently had this thought in my head that most popular non-fiction books or radioshows on science aren't well received by scientists working in that field, no matter if it's Guns, Germs and Steel; Sapiens; Freakonomics; the Hidden Brain; or anything by Malcolm Gladwell.  From what I understand, the more popular the book, the more likely it is to focus on an easy-to-market narrative at the expense of a factual and balanced presentation of the evidence.

This isn't very concrete, just an idea bouncing around my head as a way of introducing myself.

Comment by Amit Dubey (amit-dubey) on Open & Welcome Thread November 2021 · 2021-11-22T23:00:29.081Z · LW · GW

Comment by Amit Dubey (amit-dubey) on Open & Welcome Thread November 2021 · 2021-11-22T23:00:10.457Z · LW · GW