Just just because there are flaws in aircraft design that doesn’t mean flying carpets exist. BEN GOLDACRE DesignMeanPain
Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core of evidence-based medicine. BEN GOLDACRE CancerInspirationMotivation
You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted. BEN GOLDACRE BodyMindPlay
I write about misuses of evidence in plenty of different spheres: scaremongering journalists, obvious quacks and naturopaths, and flaws in the way that evidence is used in mainstream academia, medicine and in (government) policy. BEN GOLDACRE DifferentInterestingWriting
