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24 alternatives to Merchants of Doubt
How some scientists hid the truth on tobacco smoke + more
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Merchants of Doubt launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A less-than-factual guide to our amazing world
2015 · fakescience.org · its alternatives →
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More memoir from Richard Dawkins
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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How We Learn▲64The surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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How we lie to everyone, especially ourselves
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A new type of science journal. Funded by you!
2015 · experiment.com · its alternatives →
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Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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How scientific illiteracy threatens our future
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Why so many predictions fail - but some don't
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Little Bets▲89How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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What they feel, how they communicate
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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What If?▲107Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
2015 · whatif.xkcd.com · its alternatives →
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