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Ben Goldacre

Born

in The United Kingdom

May 20, 1974

Website

http://www.badscience.net

Genre

Science, Psychology

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Ben Goldacre is a British science writer and psychiatrist, born in 1974. He is the author of The Guardian newspaper's weekly Bad Science column and a book of the same title, published by Fourth Estate in September 2008.

Goldacre is the son of Michael Goldacre, professor of public health at the University of Oxford, the nephew of science journalist Robyn Williams, and the great-great-grandson of Sir Henry Parkes. ...more

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Evidence to House of Commons Sci Tech Select Committee on Research Integrity

Sorry not to be in regular blogging mode at the moment. Here’s a video of our evidence session to parliament, where they are running an inquiry into research integrity. I think clinical trials are the best possible way to approach this issue. Lots of things in “research integrity” are hard to capture in hard logical […]

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Average rating: 4.06 · 56,900 ratings · 3,442 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bad Science 4.06 avg rating — 44,691 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients 4.10 avg rating — 9,236 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That 4.03 avg rating — 2,834 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do Statins Work?: The Battle for Perfect Evidence-Based Medicine 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ben Goldacre Collection 2 Books Set by Ben Goldacre 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Better, Broader, Safer: Using Health Data for Research and Analysis by Ben Goldacre, Jess Morley it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not in Your Head Tpb it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Lekarze, naukowcy, szarlatani. Od przerazonego pacjenta do swiadomego konsumenta 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.”
― Ben Goldacre, Bad Science

tags: argument, faith, persuasion, science

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“You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.”
― Ben Goldacre, Bad Science

tags: humor, medicine, mind, science

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“These corporations run our culture, and they riddle it with bullshit.”
― Ben Goldacre, Bad Science

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