Superfreak contd.

Two more post from Brad Delong on the Superfreakonomics controversy. One is an interview with one of the scientist that the authors interviewed extensively and applied a few of his quotes out of context and the second is a general scolding of their reaction to all the criticism. Again I think they may have gotten too cute for their own good. I have no idea what their true beliefs are. What I have sensed from this debate is they or their publisher was hoping to stir up some sales by playing with the Climate Change deniers.

One doesn't have to be in the publishing business to realize how well conservative books sell. Glen Beck, Bill O' Reilly, Michelle Malkin. This may have been an attempt to flirt with this book buying crowd while still appealing to the crowd that bought all those Freakonomics books, which there is a good chance wasn't the same crowd. They are now getting called out for getting too close to the line. My first hint was the Title / Subtitle

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance (Hardcover)

Shocking isn't, well that is what is supposed to do Sex, Politics, Murder.

Interview

Stop Whining and reap what you Sow