Originally Posted by
El Diablo Rojo
+1. People geek out on the science behind what I personally feel are pretty common sense notions torn apart to a micro level.
Well, I find the books compelling but only in that he's done the research of the scholarship that proves what are often, as you point out, common sense notions. What makes his books successful is that he is very good at making sense of these topics for people who otherwise wouldn't care to look into what the scientists are saying.