Ben Goldacre Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. [...] I’m very grateful to all the many companies and people who, by their optimistically bad behaviour under fire, have given narrative colour to what might otherwise have been some very dry explanations of basic statistical principles. I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That

2. And if, by the end [of this book], you reckon you might still disagree with me, then I offer you this: you'll still be wrong, but you'll be wrong with a lot more panache and flair than you could possibly manage right now. Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

3. Changing mainstream media will be hard, but you can help create parallel options. More academics should blog, post videos, post audio, post lectures, offer articles, and more. You’ll enjoy it: I’ve had threats and blackmail, abuse, smears and formal complaints with forged documentation.But it’s worth it, for one simple reason: pulling bad science apart is the best teaching gimmick I know for explaining how good science works. I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That

4. 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. Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

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

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