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From Two Cultures to No Culture

mvlturner wrote 7 months ago: While it is delightful to recall this enormous debate of the early sixties, it is chastening to loca … more →

Tags: Desiderata, FR Leavis, Woo Woo, c.p. snow, Robert Whelan, Civitas, Two Cultures

MMR: Jeni Barnett vs. Dr. Ben Goldacre

mo79uk wrote 9 months ago: I was just watching London Tonight this evening (as I regularly do, criticise me if you wish!) and c … more →

Tags: Investigation, barnett, MMR

Social Networking Made Me Dumb

jorgevega wrote 9 months ago: Not. In this very interesting and entertaining segment(British sarcasm makes for great debates), Dr. … more →

Tags: Ben, Social, networking, Guardian

Haz the internets stolen our brainz?2 comments

Ben Warsop wrote 9 months ago: Ben Goldacre, who manages to be both smart and cute, posted the other day about his interview on New … more →

Tags: Critical Thinking, Culture, Web 2.0, Aric Sigman, Ben Goldacre

EFF releases a new legal guide1 comment

scotslawstudent wrote 10 months ago: The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the people behind the Blogger’s Guide to blogging in extreme sit … more →

Tags: General, Law, Tech, badscience.net, Blogging, censorship, Defamation, EFF, First Amendment

Jeni Barnett on MMR - is copyright law right for this case?6 comments

scotslawstudent wrote 10 months ago: Dr Ben Goldacre has received a legal challenge for a recording he put on his site. The recording was … more →

Tags: Personal, badscience.net, barnett, Bias, Broadcaster, Canard, censorship, Challenge, copyright law

LBC Barnett & Goldacre

sorcha jayne wrote 10 months ago: LBC aired a program, it included Jeni Bartlett throwing daggers at the board of MMR. Ben Goldacre po … more →

Tags: Medical Science, anti-science, Vaccines, Anti-Vaccination

Will Science Blogging Absolve the Mainstream Media of the Need to Provide Science Coverage?2 comments

dvnutrix wrote 1 year ago: Nick Davies’ corruscating Flat Earth News: An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distor … more →

Tags: Blogging, Ben Goldacre, counterknowledge, Damian Thompson, Mainstream media, Science, Journalism, Nick Davies, Flat Earth News

Patrick Holford Responds to Radio 4 Programme and Misses the Point: Part 13 comments

dvnutrix wrote 1 year ago: We are not entirely sure that Professor Patrick Holford of Teesside University and also Head of Scie … more →

Tags: Vitamins, Holford, patrick holford, Supplements, David Colquhoun, Vitamin C, health, Ben Goldacre, Scholarship

Patrick Holford and His Alternative to Anti-Depressants16 comments

dvnutrix wrote 1 year ago: Professor Patrick Holford has a remarkably agile PR team with helpful lacunae in their collective me … more →

Tags: chromium, Depression, Food Is Better Medicine Than Drugs, GL diet, glycaemic load, glycemic load, health, Holford, Mental Health

Evidence-based medicine: a socking state of affairs32 comments

laughingmysocksoff wrote 2 years ago: OK. Enough is enough. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinions, but when they start claiming … more →

Tags: Homeopathic studies, Homeopathy, Evidence for homeopathy, Science, Proof, Evidence, PLACEBO, alternative therapies, scientific debate

What's New?

jdc325 wrote 2 years ago: As I don’t have a ‘miniblog’, I thought I’d write a brief post detailing som … more →

Tags: bad science, media, Homeopathy, Nadine Dorries, abortion debate, Sylvia Browne, psychics, Google, evan harris

Patrick Holford Refers to Someone Else as Inaccurate14 comments

Shinga wrote 2 years ago: Prof Patrick Holford the international bowel-whisperer and supplement entrepreneur is familiar to us … more →

Tags: Holford, patrick holford, Ben Goldacre, Electromagnetic Radiation, EMR, Vitamin C, Kruger, Dunning, bowel-whisperer

Patrick Holford and The Wright Stuff/YouTube Debate2 comments

Shinga wrote 2 years ago: Patrick Holford participated in a Nutritionists Debate sponsored by The Wright Stuff and YouTube. Ap … more →

Tags: Holford, patrick holford, Ben Goldacre, catherine collins, Sarah Jarvis, British Dietetic Association

Holford's "letter published by the British Medical Journal"2 comments

jonhw wrote 2 years ago: As I’ve said, Holford has had a Rapid Response placed on the BMJ website. He’s clearly r … more →

Tags: Holford, BMJ, patrick holford, letter, rapid response


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