... in which we explore the ways that politicians and other public figures have led an attack on science in America, leading to the policy problems encountered today.
This review is of a digital copy provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley.
In Fool Me Twice, Shawn Lawrence Otto discusses the divide between politics and science present in America today. Pointing out that we are living in an increasingly scientifically complex world, Otto writes about the implications of having a Congress where less than 2% of the members have a background in a science field. He also talks about how the media has done very little to alleviate this issue, by constantly dodging scientific topics or dumbing them down to a point where they aren't really science any more.
