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Science Used As Weapon Against Climate Argument

After SuperFreakonomics discussed climate change, a group invoking the authority of science (the Union of Concerned Scientists) ran what Levitt characterizes as a propaganda exercise to discredit them, even though the book cited top scientists' work in Nature and Science, illustrating how the reputation of science can be strategically weaponized regardless of truth.

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Steven Levitt

Evidence Quote

I've never lost a debate the way I lost the debate to the environmentalists.

Source

Steven Levitt on Freakonomics and the State of EconomicsEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:19:15 AM

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