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

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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.

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Children can be disgusting, and often they can develop extraordinary talents, but I’m yet to meet any child who can stimulate his carotid arteries inside his ribcage.

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Doctors and patients need as much data as possible to make an informed decision about what treatment is best.

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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.

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I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.

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I hope that you will be asked to participate in a trial at some stage in your disease

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I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that.

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

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

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Quotes by Ben Goldacre

Ben Goldacre

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

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.

Children can be disgusting, and often they can develop extraordinary talents, but I’m yet to meet any child who can stimulate his carotid arteries inside his ribcage.

Doctors and patients need as much data as possible to make an informed decision about what treatment is best.

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.

I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.

I hope that you will be asked to participate in a trial at some stage in your disease

I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that.

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

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

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