When this came out, every scientist I knew loved it but said variations of, "It was great, and well-researched, except in my area." After hearing that enough times, from enough people in enough different areas, I figured the whole book was pretty much discredited.Gladwell is a good writer, who writes about interesting topics in entertaining ways, but he's not a scientist and clearly doesn't really understand science. So, for the most part, I think his books should be read with a giant shaker of salt. But (maybe because it was his first?) The Tipping Point seemed to be solid, as well as highly entertaining.
