The problem with popular science books is that they are there to tell a story Sadly, stories - while interesting, enthralling, and wonderful - are rarely neatly represented in the evidence
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Usually this means that the books pick and choose studies, or report them as fact when in reality the question is far from settled Sometimes it makes them outright wrong
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I'm not saying pop sci books are bad, because they can be amazing reads. Just take anything you read with a pinch of salt, because often the facts are much more complex than the lovely story you've read
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