Ben Goldacre is a skeptic, after your own hearts.
Physician and scientific author, which is based in the UK, Dr. Goldacre debunks Pseudoscience and promote evidence-based medicine in his column in the Guardian newspaper, as well as on his blog, and Twitter/badscience.net bengoldacre. His last message on Twitter, homeopathic tablets four infants that may contain toxic levels in Herb belladonna: “children poisoned, Oops.”
Dr. Goldacre book, American edition of “Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks and the Big Pharma Flacks” was published in the last week and we participated in the talk, he considered the Barnes & nobles outlet, Upper East Side.
During the event (Dr. Goldacre Note: next time, better goodies before your speech during snack), he described the “Bad science”, the text of the booklet “epidemiology” make easy jokes and moron baiting.
As a matter of fact, the book set some popular remedies, such as detoksifikaatioprosessin footwear and ear candles, alternative therapies, scientific might face creams, nutritionists and the brain, the extension of the exercises for children, just as if they were piñatas, läiskäyttää them until their credibility counts.
The second favourite destination: Goldacre, clinical trials, which until the prescription drug benefits or play down their potential side effects.
The purpose of the book to inspire the ordinary readers —?, not to mention the health journalists — hard evidence and rely on the marketing of the product, which involves the Cherry to collect statistics.
“Why do clever things to believe in stupid?”Dr. Goldacre requests. “I thought, mocking people who are incorrect, it may be a way that shows how you can make science properly. “