Silent Spring’s 50-Year History of Selective Data
26th September 2012
In Silent Spring, Carson crafted a passionate denunciation of modern technology that drives environmentalist ideology today. At its heart is this belief: Nature is beneficent, stable, and even a source of moral good; humanity is arrogant, heedless, and often the source of moral evil. Rachel Carson, more than any other person, is responsible for the politicized science that afflicts our public policy debates today.
Rachel Carson and her disciples are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of malaria victims in developing nations. This is what happens when ‘progressives’ try to solve First World ‘problems’ with ham-handed prescriptions that wind up costing lives.