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by _bfhp 4111 days ago
The book has a Wikipedia page explaining what it is; it is an original scientific work, not a wrapper for other people's articles.
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>it is an original scientific work

What does this even mean really? That they did a bunch of research and instead of writing numerous papers wrong a single book? Does it give a detailed explanation of each experiment enough so that they can be repeated? Or is it like those pop-sci books that take a few specifically picked studies, a lot of anecdotes, and a few 'expert' interviews and try to get the average reader convinced on a point (which may or may not be correct)?

I gotta say my enthusiasm is significantly dulled. I prefer scientific articles, because they tend to be peer-reviewed, and have a testable null hypothesis.

Its also why I avoid books like outliers by malcolm gladwell.

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll probably check it out eventually.