Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I don't intend to write a full rebuttal of Koonin's book here, as there are a number of rebuttals already in print (Google is your friend); and really, who reads multi-page length Amazon rebuttals anyway? I am, however, interested in mentioning my lack of surprise in seeing positive reviewers pose as "fair-minded evaluators of the science" lapping this choir-preaching crap up. They are no more objective and honest about climate science than evolutionary biology "skeptics". You know the type that has never really read a book by an evolutionary biologist or studied the issue from the perspective of a scientist in the field, but who have read the "skeptics' " work and now laud the author as a "truth messiah". It's the same intellectually lazy, boring, and dishonest behavior here. Those singing the praises of this book are more interested in their beliefs being justified than the evidence. They care more about their identity than reality. And hey, since a physicist who used to work in the Obama administration says what I want to believe, that must make it true! He's a repentant liberal whistleblower, right? Quit being lazy and read both sides of the argument. While you believe nearly all climate scientists are varying degrees of bad at their profession or acting in a nefarious plot to take down capitalism, people like myself believe the problem is your unwillingness to evaluate the evidence and arguments fairly, honestly, and open-mindedly. We both have our narratives. The difference between us? The evidence, kids. Good arguments. Real open-mindedness means you leave your personal preference for what is true out of it and let the evidence guide you. And if you human-caused global warming skeptics really think the evidence supports you, try reading the science and what the scientists who are being criticized by this book think of Koonin's arguments. I think you'll find it enlightening, and perhaps when you start allowing the evidence guide your beliefs and identity rather than the converse, we can all start building a unified consensus around policy and actually do some good for ourselves and future generations.