Further Reading
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The Zeitgeist Movement Defined: Realizing a New Train of Thought
TZM MembersThe Zeitgeist Movement Defined is the official representative text of the global, non-profit sustainability advocacy organization known as The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM).
This tediously sourced and highly detailed work argues for a large-scale change in human culture, specifically in the context of economic practice.
Merchants of Doubt
Naomi Oreskes and Erik ConwayThe book demonstrates how contrarian scientists are hired by conservative political think tanks and private corporations to obscure the scientific consensus. Using several case examples, such as tobacco smoking, climate change, acid rain and the hole in the ozone layer, the book presents a very clear picture of what big business will do to manufacture doubt amongst the public for their own profit-seeking enterprises when a scientific reality threatens their markets.
How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine
Trisha GreenhalghThis is a great introduction to those who want a briefer on how to interpret the scientific literature when researching for a topic. It describes the various kinds of studies, their strengths, their weaknesses, when they are more useful, and so forth. Relevant for both the layman and the more advanced medical researcher, this is an invaluable contribution to those frequently referencing the literature.
Bad Science
Ben GoldacreA great book criticizing the mainstream media’s reporting on health and science issues, attempting to teach the lay reader how to evaluate scientific claims.
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
Sam HarrisHarris presents a scientific framework for thinking about morality and moral questions, dispelling the dominant moral frameworks of our time as unscientific, outdated and potentially dangerous.
Free Will
Sam HarrisThis short book is a great debunker of the most dominant conception of free will in our society -- that human beings possess contra-causal free will, or the ability to make choices free from all constraints.