Title: Anecdotal, only for the gullible
Product review: There is no need to say much. The book is sometimes fun to read but it is really just more, poorly based, sensationalist journalism than anything else. It's a prime example of the misuse of statistics. Anecdotes are dangerous; the book is filled with them. The speculations are just that: pure speculation. The authors play journalist and cite few if any rigorous studies. They contradict themselves (see sections on capital punishment). It's an OK book to stimulate discussion, but not a source of factual information. It falls in my junk category.
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