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On the surface it seems very similar to a book he previously worked on, The Coddling of the American Mind, which is also full of poorly researched pop science that confirms biases people already had.

Kind of an "airport book"

Oh, a fellow If Books Could Kill podcast listener?

It's unfortunate that truth is so hard to come by these days.

Yes! That blend of information and humour is the only podcast format worth my time, to be honest.

There's another podcast with Michael Hobbes called Maintenance Phase that I also enjoy when I have time to listen to it. Fen-phen in particular was something I hadn't really heard of before and reading about it after their episode on it was just fascinating.

Is this just your opinion, or is there a scientific retort I can read?

Is Nature "scientific" enough?

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00902-2

Just like "the science" about brain development ages.