pickNichols covers a lot of ground here, but is also clear and relatable. Okay, he‘s also an academic and a curmudgeon. But if you get frustrated at conversations with self-proclaimed and Google-based experts, this might be the book for you. Nichols discusses how this alarming trend happened and how it impacts our daily lives. It‘s a slow read, but worth the effort.
Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com #nfornonfiction
BarbaraTheBibliophage @daniwithtea Book should be in your hands by Friday! 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage Yes… he‘s not wrong, but he‘s definitely opinionated and curmudgeon is a great word. 😂 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa He was basically spot on. I‘d be curious for your take on my longer review. Lately I‘ve been struggling to write, but this one just popped off the keys. 3y
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Hooked_on_books This is part of the reason I left my job in healthcare. How can you help or educate a patient when they believe they know as much as you do? It‘s not possible and I definitely saw it ratcheting up over the years of my practice. 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Hooked_on_books Yes, he specifically talks about this as it relates to medicine. So frustrating! 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Hooked_on_books Yes… no matter what you‘ve been educated on and have years of schooling and experience in, there always seems to be a random man-on-the-street who know better. And sadly it‘s driving people with expertise out of their fields. 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage I‘ll check it out, I‘ve been very bad about reading the longer reviews lately. Sorry about that. I can‘t wait to see everyone‘s comments in this one too. 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa It finally quieted down enough here to allow for some undisturbed reading. I really liked your longer review. I think you covered his style and insights both equally well, it gave a good feel for what to expect from the book, which I know I had a hard time putting into words myself. 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Side-note here…I was having a different discussion the other day regarding all these vaccine deniers and about what‘s changed since smallpox or polio. And we came up with 2 huge changes…1 the media showed tons of images of people and children with crutches in iron lungs, etc that really brought home how bad it could be, this time because of HIPPA they couldn‘t show much of patients in beds. The 2nd was that ⤵️ 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ there has been a huge corporate campaign to discredit science. From Big Tobacco to Big Oil to Climate Change companies have spent decades and millions hiring their own “scientists” to create their own “studies” showing their product is good and discrediting actual science. And the public has absorbed that message. The whole discussion made me think about this book again. 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Thanks for reading my longer review. I appreciate your perspective since you‘ve actually read the book already. I also love reading everyone else‘s comments. But next time we should switch our reading order around. I never get to see much of Dani‘s thought! (That is assuming we have a next time. 🤪) 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I think your comments on why the vaccine / virus deniers are so prevalent are right on target. I would also add that we no longer treat MDs like gods. And we‘ve seen a huge rise in a “natural health” industry that resists anything “unnatural” in our bodies. 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage True! We should right a paper or something. 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage And YES! I think we should plan one for next summer! Just start planning now and make it our summer reading group….maybe as new releases come out set one aside for our summer group read. And yes, changing it up would be fine by me, because yes, you‘d get different insights. That‘s the only bad thing about this format, the only book you see everybody‘s comments on, is the one that comes back to you. @daniwithtea @tjwill 3y
daniwithtea I am definitely on board for changing up next summer‘s order! 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @daniwithtea @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m already excited. As we‘ve all learned, the world changes on a dime. But definitely love the idea of another round. I want to see more from Dani and I‘m sure you guys know whose comments you don‘t usually see. We should just reverse alpha next time. 👏🏻👏🏻💕💕 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage Fine by me! I always send to @tjwill , so I rarely see her comments. So @tjwill to @Riveted_Reader_Melissa to @daniwithtea to @BarbaraTheBibliophage , right? #Summer2022 (edited) 3y
daniwithtea That sounds perfect! I will need to remember to send along my new address before we start next year - we‘re moving in October :) 3y
tjwill @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @daniwithtea @BarbaraTheBibliophage Reversing next summer sounds good to me! 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @daniwithtea Wishing you a smooth move! I know those can be stressful. 3y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tjwill sounds good to me too 3y
daniwithtea @Riveted_Reader_Melissa thanks! We just bought a house, so it‘s chaos all around :) 3y
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