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Is This Wi-Fi Organic?

A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online

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Is This Wi-Fi Organic? is about science that affects us all. Science is the study of everything around us. But one impressive scientific breakthrough, the internet, has pervaded and encapsulated popular culture, and it is also making it harder and harder to know what is true - and what is not.

Learn how to separate internet fact from fiction. We live in the information age, giving us access to every datum ever collected and every opinion its originator thought fit to share. But with this newfound access to information comes a new challenge. Namely, how can you tell what information is true and what is false? In Is This Wi-Fi Organic? Dave Farina, author and science expert from the YouTube channel Professor Dave Explains, is here to help you fight confirmation bias and logical fallacies. In this book of science essays, you will learn:

  • The real science behind controversial health issues like medications and vaccines
  • What energy actually is-and how we use it each and every day
  • A core of scientific knowledge, from biochemistry and molecular biology to theoretical physics, that will help you pull truths from the weeds of misinformation and outright lies
©2020 Dave Farina (P)2021 Tantor History History & Philosophy Science Health
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Thinking is hard, learning is harder. The brain is a chemical factory and is almost too easy to put the wrong chemicals to dominate. Thanks for this refreshing take on the need for proper scientific processes.

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It brings me no pleasure to rate it this low but i just can't bring myself to say it deserves more. I have no qualms with any the actual information presented (aside from a throwaway comment about self-driving cars). No, my main issue is with everything around that information, or rather the lack of anything else. In short it's dry, boring, didactic, a style which works when presenting an informational youtube video but not in a pop-sci book. It lacks in anecdotes, personal connection, and levity. If you are a fan of Dave's youtube channel, you will find nothing here you haven't already heard over there. If you are not familiar with Professor Dave Explains, you would still be better served by the videos he creates over there as it's mostly the same information but formated in a way that is more detailed AND more entertaining. TL;DR: DON'T WRITE "TL;DR" IN YOUR BOOK

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