The War on Science - Moé for Solarpunk Books

eBook, 549 pages

English language

Published July 29, 2025 by Post Hill Pres.

ISBN:: 979-8-88845-757-3

(1 review)

An unparalleled group of prominent scholars from wide-ranging disciplines detail ongoing efforts to impose ideological restrictions on science and scholarship throughout western society.

From assaults on merit-based hiring to the policing of language and replacing well-established, disciplinary scholarship by ideological mantras, current science and scholarship is under threat throughout western institutions. As detailed by this group of prominent scholars—who range across many different disciplines and political leanings—the very future of free inquiry and scientific progress is at risk.

Many who have spoken up against this threat have lost their positions, and a climate of fear has arisen that strikes at the heart of modern education and research. Banding together to finally speak out, this brave and unprecedented group of scholars issues a clarion call for change.

2 editions

nerd teacher [books] reviewed The War on Science by Lawrence M. Krauss

Unsurprisingly, Bigots Write Shit

1 star

This book is the "war on science" instead of being about the war on science, which is unsurprising because of how many of the people in it are absolute bigots (racist, misogynist, every flavour of transphobic). The amount of abuse minimisation that is done to obfuscate what people actually did is... amazing.

For example, one of the "renowned scientists" is Christian Ott. He is a man who pushed to fire a student who he fell in love with, he creepily wrote and posted Tumblr poetry about her, he repeatedly abused his position of power over others, and he was very clearly such a terrible advisor that most of his students either transferred to other advisors or didn't complete their degree. He tries to claim he was "cancelled for what people say he did," when the truth is that he did what people say he did and there was ample evidence. …

This book is the "war on science" instead of being about the war on science, which is unsurprising because of how many of the people in it are absolute bigots (racist, misogynist, every flavour of transphobic). The amount of abuse minimisation that is done to obfuscate what people actually did is... amazing.

For example, one of the "renowned scientists" is Christian Ott. He is a man who pushed to fire a student who he fell in love with, he creepily wrote and posted Tumblr poetry about her, he repeatedly abused his position of power over others, and he was very clearly such a terrible advisor that most of his students either transferred to other advisors or didn't complete their degree. He tries to claim he was "cancelled for what people say he did," when the truth is that he did what people say he did and there was ample evidence.

Everything in this book is just... garbage. There's so much of it, that I'd rather defer to Shaun's video on the book for people to endure. Also, Jordan Peterson's entire section is literally naziism (though he utilises Mesopotamian culture instead of Greco-Roman culture in the way of more known nazis). That's not a surprise, but it's worth highlighting.