“Yes. I’m a doctor, an epidemiologist, and lots of my professional colleagues flip back and forth between industry and medical roles. I know them; they … Read More
“I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that.” Ben Goldacre
“I hope that you will be asked to participate in a trial at some stage in your disease” Ben Goldacre
“These corporations run our culture, and they riddle it with bullshit.” Ben Goldacre
“Doctors and patients need as much data as possible to make an informed decision about what treatment is best.” Ben Goldacre
“I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.” Ben Goldacre
“Children can be disgusting, and often they can develop extraordinary talents, but I’m yet to meet any child who can stimulate his carotid arteries inside … Read More
“Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products … Read More
“And if, by the end [of this book], you reckon you might still disagree with me, then I offer you this: you’ll still be wrong, … Read More
“The plural of anecdotes is not data” Ben Goldacre
“I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me – I would go so far as to say that it’s my … Read More
“There is this peculiar blind spot in the culture of academic medicine around whether withholding trial results is research misconduct. People who work in any … Read More
“There are many differences between medicine and teaching, but they have much in common. Both involve craft and personal expertise, learned through experience; but both … Read More
“Transparency and detail are everything in science.” Ben Goldacre
“I’d like to submit to Bad Science my teacher who gave us a handout which says that ‘Water is best absorbed by the body when … Read More
“Amazing things happen when you pull individual pieces of information together into larger linked datasets: meaning emerges, as you produce facts from figures.” Ben … Read More
“In the past, [medicalization]has been portrayed as something that doctors inflict on a passive and un-suspecting world – an expansion of the Medical Empire. But … Read More
“You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.” Ben Goldacre
“Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else’s position.” Ben Goldacre
“Teaching needs an ecosystem that supports evidence-based practice. It will need better systems to disseminate the results of research more widely, but also a better … Read More
