John DiNardo says that, "Freakonomics is more about "entertainment" than it is a serious attempt at popularization….I argue that some of the questions the book addresses are "uninteresting" because it is impossible to even imagine what a good answer would look like. I conclude with some thought about the role of economic theory in generating interesting questions and/or answers." Dinardo believes that the Authors are trying to entertain rather than find actual answers to the hidden side of everything. While, Levitt and Dubner's belief is that there is a certain answer for every different perspective of a topic.
Andrew Gelman and Kaiser Fung say, "As the authors of statistics-themed books for general audiences, we can attest that Levitt and Dubner's success is not easily attained. And as teachers of statistics, we recognize the challenge of creating interest in the subject without resorting to cliched examples such as baseball averages, movies grosses and political polls." Gelman and Fung think that Levitt and Dubner's work is not organized and is misleading for the reader. They believe that the authors did not succeed at making the topics interesting and correct at the same time. Whereas Levitt and Dubner support all of their facts and information and at the same time tell about the interesting topics they will tell about.