Review: Science Under Siege

Review of Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez

This book was basically designed to trigger me, and it succeeded - though not in the way the science deniers it catalogues would hope.

Having spent time deep in conspiracy theory research during 2020, much of the territory Mann and Hotez cover felt like returning to a crime scene I’d already processed. The bodies are still there; more keep appearing; and…