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Ben Goldacre Quotes: 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 favourite leisure activity.
         

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 favourite leisure activity.


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You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.



Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core of evidence-based medicine.

Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core of evidence-based medicine.



You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.

You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.



Amazing things happen when you pull individual pieces of information together into larger linked datasets: meaning emerges, as you produce facts from figures.

Amazing things happen when you pull individual pieces of information together into larger linked datasets: meaning emerges, as you produce facts from figures.



Just just because there are flaws in aircraft design that doesn't mean flying carpets exist.

Just just because there are flaws in aircraft design that doesn't mean flying carpets exist.



As it is a major component of blood, water is vital for transporting oxygen to the brain. Heaven forbid that your blood should dry out.

As it is a major component of blood, water is vital for transporting oxygen to the brain. Heaven forbid that your blood should dry out.



Transparency and detail are everything in science.

Transparency and detail are everything in science.



Homeopathy pills are, after all, empty little sugar pills which seem to work, and so they embody [..] how we can be misled into thinking that any intervention is more effective than it really is.

Homeopathy pills are, after all, empty little sugar pills which seem to work, and so they embody [..] how we can be misled into thinking that any intervention is more effective than it really is.



The plural of anecdotes is not data

The plural of anecdotes is not data



Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else's position.

Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else's position.





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