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Also enjoyed reading Bernays and Lippmann. Please note, though, that recent experimental research has also pushed back a bit on the impact of propaganda and hu

• staticautomatic 7y ago
  This book is not itself experimental research. At best it appears to engage in some amount of summarizing experimental research. On the other hand, the descriptions or excerpts from the book on the linked page themselves criticize the applicability of various kinds of experimental research. And in other news, these are some pretty radical assertions considering how broad they are. All of this is to say that if the book isn't some kind of meticulous, incredibly well-supported, seminal take-down of what we think we know about a variety of fields, I'm gonna guess it's either chock full of anecdotes a la Gladwell or Brooks, or cherry-picking evidence a la Taleb.
  • hhs 7y ago
    Agreed, it’s a summary of many experimental research studies and the author does make radical assertions.