6. Make ’Em Laugh

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Prologue: On Being Naïve xi
4. 1. What Science Is—and What It Isn’t 1
5. 2. White Mice and Windowless Rooms 8
6. 3. An Alibi for Ignorance 24
7. 4. Feeding the Beast 50
8. 5. To Debate or Not to Debate 75
9. 6. Make ’Em Laugh 96
10. 7. Science Goes to the Movies 117
11. 8. The Emperor’s New Clothes 127
12. 9. Judgment Day 146
13. 10. The Nuclear Option 163
14. 11. Pharma Shill 178
15. 12. A Ray of Hope 200
16. Epilogue: The End of the Tour 209
17. Acknowledgments 213
18. Appendix: Blogs and Podcasts 215
19. Notes 217
20. Selected Bibliography 237
21. Index 239