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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

HuckleB

(35,773 posts) Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:42 PM Oct 2014

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I'm not a big fan, but I do read a bit of sci-fi via my book club. What I've wondered is if any sci-fi writer of note has tackled the possibilities of NGOs and other advocacy groups pushing pseudoscience on the public to an extent that it leads to rather less than welcome outcomes?

Anyway, if anyone has any recommendations or knows of anything along those lines, I'd appreciate it.

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Any Sci-Fi Fans In This Group? [View all] HuckleB Oct 2014 OP

My favorite book describing a post nuclear holocaust Dystopia Warpy Oct 2014 #1

+1 HuckleB Oct 2014 #3

It's not sci-fi AlbertCat Oct 2014 #2

I'll give you that! HuckleB Oct 2014 #4

I've been reading s-f for about SheilaT Oct 2014 #5

Awesome! HuckleB Oct 2014 #6

The Truth Machine MicaelS Oct 2014 #8

Have you read it? SheilaT Oct 2014 #9

Yes, I have read both books. MicaelS Oct 2014 #12

Just another example of how two people SheilaT Oct 2014 #13

Sounds like good stuff! HuckleB Oct 2014 #10

Well, not an NGO. DetlefK Oct 2014 #7

Awesome! Thanks for the tips! HuckleB Oct 2014 #11

Fritz Leiber's "Poor Superman" is a Fifties example. Orsino Oct 2014 #14

Ah, fantastic. HuckleB Oct 2014 #15