Ivars Neiders

“What is odd, perhaps, is how the primacy of patient autonomy and informed consent over efficacy—which is what we’re talking about here—was presumed, but not actively discussed within the medical profession. Although the authoritative and paternalistic reassurance of the Victorian doctor who ‘blinds with science’ is a thing of the past in medicine, the success of the alternative therapy movement—whose practitioners mislead, mystify and blind their patients with sciencey-sounding ‘authoritative’ explanations, like the most patronising Victorian doctor imaginable—suggests that there may still be a market for that kind of approach.”
― Ben Goldacre, Bad Science

“People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.”
― Bernard Williams

“No sane person should believe that something is subjective merely because it cannot be settled beyond controversy.”
― Hilary Putnam

“Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.”
― Richard Rorty