Lets put the Geek Manifesto                      19th May 2012
on the desk of every MP

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If you have read any of my ramblings before you will know that I am a fan of science, rationality, and evidence based decision making. So it will come as no surprise that I have become a great fan of Mark Henderson's brilliant book "The Geek Manifesto".

While reading it I had the thought that is should be required reading for every MP. Well I can't make people read a book but maybe there's a way to, at least, make them very aware of it.

I want your help to buy 650 copies of the book and put one on the desk of every MP. I have set up a site on PledgeBank where you can promise to do just that.

Here is just one quote from the book which says, better than I can, why it is important.

If you decide to help by pledging please leave a comment. I will try to collect all the comments together as an insert for each book. Think of it as a message to whichever MP gets "your" book - so be kind, and keep it clean

Getting copies of this book into the hands of MPs can only help.

 

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Relevant Links

Blogs about the Pledge

Josephine Jones

Duncan Hull

Chris Chambers

Mark Lorch

 

 

Other related stuff

The chapter on GM Crop for free

 

The chapter on Government and evidenc for 49p

 

More about Mark Henderson

 

More about Geek Manifesto

 

More about Simon Singh

 

The text of the Defamation Bill which resulted from the Simon Singh libel case which also led to the witing of the book,

 

Reviews and Interviews

Westminster Sceptics

 

Pod Delusion 134 interview

 

A blog review from "Skuds"

 

GURU magazine review

 

Strange Quarks - Gaurdian

 

 

 

 

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