Ben Goldacre

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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.

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Why is Imperial College permitting Westminster public school to sell an internship?

This is very odd indeed. Westminster, one of the most expensive public schools in the UK, is holding a fund-raising auction. In this auction, you can buy an internship at Imperial College’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering, on the promise that this will look great on your CV. auction.westminster.org.uk/lots/one-w... “On offer is a one week internship [...] Read more of this blog post »

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Ben Goldacre's Books

Average rating: 4.11 · 9,588 ratings · 871 reviews · 2 distinct works · Similar authors

	Bad Science 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 8,763 ratings — published 2008 — 27 editions	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 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 829 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions	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
	Testing Treatments: Better Research For Better Healthcare by Imogen Evans, Hazel Thornton, Iain Chalmers 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	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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Quotes by Ben Goldacre

“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

22 people liked it

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

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