For those of you who may have missed it, there's been some controversy in the book world about Malcolm Gladwell's wildly popular new book What the Dog Saw. On the critical side, check out the New York Times' review:
"The themes of the collection are a good way to characterize Gladwell himself: a minor genius who unwittingly demonstrates the hazards of statistical reasoning and who occasionally blunders into spectacular failures."
And check out Gladwell's own blog for his rebuttal:
"I wondered about the basis of Pinker’s conclusion, so I e-mailed him, asking if he could tell me where to find the scientific data that would set me straight. He very graciously wrote me back."
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