Fuzzy Math

One economist plus one journalist does not equal one scientist.

The authors of ‘SuperFreakonomics’ misguide the easily misguided contending that geo-engineering is the path to reversing climate change.

As aptly put by climate change writer Elizabeth Kolbert in New Yorker magazine –

“what’s most troubling about “SuperFreakonomics” isn’t the authors’ many blunders; it’s the whole spirit of the enterprise. Though climate change is a grave problem, Levitt and Dubner treat it mainly as an opportunity to show how clever they are. more….>