dee salomon

By assiduously pointing out all the flaws of science to make its wholesale points, the author skirts around the real issues related to invasive species: there are certain non-native plants and animals that are indeed causing severe issues for existing habitats. I can supply dozens of quotes from the book that either problematic or just wrong but for here just one. Writing about rinderpest in Africa: “First, of course, it tells us about the danger of alien diseases in communities with no immunity—though I doubt that anything on a remotely similar scale still awaits unsuspecting ecosystems today.” COVID?? The result is a dull refutation of other people’s statistics that fails to make its point. Don’t bother.