So who has read Guns, Germs and Steel?

I did in the early 2000s, thought it was the shit. Then I got right into the Civil War for some reason and realised literally everything is profoundly misrepresented.

There's a subreddit that's amassing a chapter-by chapter debunk of the book by various historians, because due to its scope hasn't really seen a complete rebuttal. Don't read it, it has made the world infinitely more stupid, and I would consider it an 'evil' work as much as there can be one.

>>8665659
any links for the debunks or any sort of source? i want to read it but id also like to know what he got wrong before going in blind.

>mfw I confuse Jared Diamond with Jared Taylor

I have. I also read the catalog. There's already a thread up.

>>8665686
https://np.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/2bv2yf/guns_germs_and_steel_chapter_3_collision_at/

Here's Ch. 3, you should be able to find a refutation of Ch. 11 too. Don't know if he ever went on to do the rest of the book (or if he's working on that or whatever).

>>8665659
Wow you fucking racist.

>>8665659

Uhh...?
That's racist.

New episode out already?

>>8665659
As a general rule historians hate the book. It's a good example of the sort of work that's produced when someone in STEM trys to understand history.

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>>8667190
Amusingly enough for you /pol/shitters one of the problems historians have with the book is that it uncritically assumes European superiority as a fact. For example the "poor, ignorant natives against the cruel white conquistadors" perspective has generally been unpopular among historical circles for some time.