Comments on: Lab that finds bugs where others do not http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/ Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column from the Guardian and more... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:32:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JonathonCowley http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-39143 JonathonCowley Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:44:09 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-39143 See, I'm okay with the likes of chiropractors and whatnot using the title 'doctor' if they've done the relevent course. After all, the first doctorates were in theology so there's an established tradition of universities awarding doctorates in bollocks. See, I’m okay with the likes of chiropractors and whatnot using the title ‘doctor’ if they’ve done the relevent course. After all, the first doctorates were in theology so there’s an established tradition of universities awarding doctorates in bollocks.

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]]> By: There used to be a time when naked Britney Spears photos were an attraction, but these days it’s just Science, Science, Science. « Archaeoastronomy http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-19921 There used to be a time when naked Britney Spears photos were an attraction, but these days it’s just Science, Science, Science. « Archaeoastronomy Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:03:43 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-19921 [...] I wrote it because someone heard there was to be a hatchet job on a clinic which hadn’t opened yet in an area which badly needed it. Malyszewicz claimed to have a degree from a university in Leicester and they wondered if I could help. What I did was put the facts out in the public domain. By and large it’s clear the public isn’t that interested. I think one person who did read it was the journalist and his editor who delayed the story. Later the scandal broke in the national press at the Guardian. [...] [...] I wrote it because someone heard there was to be a hatchet job on a clinic which hadn’t opened yet in an area which badly needed it. Malyszewicz claimed to have a degree from a university in Leicester and they wondered if I could help. What I did was put the facts out in the public domain. By and large it’s clear the public isn’t that interested. I think one person who did read it was the journalist and his editor who delayed the story. Later the scandal broke in the national press at the Guardian. [...]

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Bless him and may he lay in peace ! He did expose MRSA which no one would.His formulations works , for sure. Jealousy is a terrible thing, dont you know.

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]]> By: Richard http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-477 Richard Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:01:21 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-477 Anyone wanting a page summary of the "scientific approach" might like to read Feynmans "Cargo Cult Science" essay. It's quite an amusing read with no use of technical terminology. Anyone wanting a page summary of the “scientific approach” might like to read Feynmans “Cargo Cult Science” essay. It’s quite an amusing read with no use of technical terminology.

]]> By: callie http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-451 callie Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:24:59 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-451 'Dr' Chris reminds me of Dr Nick off the simpsons :D ‘Dr’ Chris reminds me of Dr Nick off the simpsons :D

]]> By: Alex B http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-449 Alex B Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:47:06 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-449 i like porn i like porn

]]> By: Tessa K http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-448 Tessa K Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:06:13 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-448 I'm glad to see I've read some of the ones on Ben's list already. I tried to get the Sutherland a while ago but I think it's out of print. Another good skeptical thinking book is How To Think About Wierd Things by Schick and Vaughn. Or How We Know What Isn't So by Gilovich. I'm a member of a skeptics group in London so I'm pretty well stocked in books in that area. It's more the science books I'm after. I did get a school physics text book from the library from pre-GCSE days and that was pretty helpful, and I have some zoology books. I could do with some on biology/medicine. I’m glad to see I’ve read some of the ones on Ben’s list already. I tried to get the Sutherland a while ago but I think it’s out of print.

Another good skeptical thinking book is How To Think About Wierd Things by Schick and Vaughn. Or How We Know What Isn’t So by Gilovich.

I’m a member of a skeptics group in London so I’m pretty well stocked in books in that area. It’s more the science books I’m after.

I did get a school physics text book from the library from pre-GCSE days and that was pretty helpful, and I have some zoology books. I could do with some on biology/medicine.

]]> By: GWO http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-447 GWO Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:37:30 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-447 Slightly off the subject matter, but can I also recommend : <a href="http://skepdic.com/refuge/weird.html" rel="nofollow">Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time"</a> by Michael Shermer. Not intimately about science, but very good on Pseudoscience (and he takes time out to excoriate Ayn Rand, and that's always worth a read). Slightly off the subject matter, but can I also recommend : Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time” by Michael Shermer. Not intimately about science, but very good on Pseudoscience (and he takes time out to excoriate Ayn Rand, and that’s always worth a read).

]]> By: Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-446 Ben Goldacre Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:32:22 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-446 Actually, if we're talking about great science books, I have to say "On Giants' Shoulders" by Melvyn Bragg after the Radio 4 series was bloody great: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0340712597/qid=1129822269/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i4_xgl/026-2550652-4210060 Actually, if we’re talking about great science books, I have to say “On Giants’ Shoulders” by Melvyn Bragg after the Radio 4 series was bloody great:

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0340712597/qid=1129822269/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i4_xgl/026-2550652-4210060

]]> By: Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-445 Ben Goldacre Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:28:56 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-445 Got it. I reckon I was thinking of John Haugeland who wrote this excellent philosophy of mind book on artificial intelligence that I read in 1997. Still definitely not porn. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262580950/qid=1129821953/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-2550652-4210060 Got it. I reckon I was thinking of John Haugeland who wrote this excellent philosophy of mind book on artificial intelligence that I read in 1997. Still definitely not porn.

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262580950/qid=1129821953/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-2550652-4210060

]]> By: MikeTheGoat http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-444 MikeTheGoat Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:25:35 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-444 There's a Jean Haugland who has something to do with politics in Iowa (according to a quick Google). So not porn then. If for some bizarre reason it wasn't that *particular* Jean Haugland that you were thinking of then I can't help you. There’s a Jean Haugland who has something to do with politics in Iowa (according to a quick Google). So not porn then. If for some bizarre reason it wasn’t that *particular* Jean Haugland that you were thinking of then I can’t help you.

]]> By: Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-442 Ben Goldacre Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:12:58 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-442 Trisha, yup, soz. It is the best book in the world ever. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1405139765?ie=UTF8&tag=bs0b-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1405139765">How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=bs0b-21&l=as2&o=2&a=1405139765" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> Can anyone tell me who Jean Haugland is then? I bet she's a porn actress or something really embarrassing like that. Trisha, yup, soz. It is the best book in the world ever.

How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine

Can anyone tell me who Jean Haugland is then? I bet she’s a porn actress or something really embarrassing like that.

]]> By: MikeTheGoat http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-441 MikeTheGoat Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:02:18 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-441 I can find "How to read a paper" by Trisha Greenhalgh on Amazon but not by Jean Haugland... are they different books? I've long thought that some kind of tuition in Critical Thinking would be beneficial as part of the school curriculum (not just in science either). Francis Wheen's book is excellent although tends to concentrate more on economics than science - what he has to say is equally relevant no matter what the subject is. Being a scientist I get asked all the time about the scare story du jour (currently bird flu of course) and am often depressed by the misconceptions that seem to abound. I really don't think that's the fault of the "non-science" public but really is due to the misrepresentation of the facts and omission of important points in media reporting. That said, people who then start to pontificate on a subject without knowing any more than they've learned from a newspaper really get on my tits. I can find “How to read a paper” by Trisha Greenhalgh on Amazon but not by Jean Haugland… are they different books?

I’ve long thought that some kind of tuition in Critical Thinking would be beneficial as part of the school curriculum (not just in science either). Francis Wheen’s book is excellent although tends to concentrate more on economics than science – what he has to say is equally relevant no matter what the subject is.

Being a scientist I get asked all the time about the scare story du jour (currently bird flu of course) and am often depressed by the misconceptions that seem to abound. I really don’t think that’s the fault of the “non-science” public but really is due to the misrepresentation of the facts and omission of important points in media reporting. That said, people who then start to pontificate on a subject without knowing any more than they’ve learned from a newspaper really get on my tits.

]]> By: Ian http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-440 Ian Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:00:42 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-440 I'll have a look at the books already on the list (and request them for our school library). Can I recommend another two - _Innumeracy_ by John Allen Paulos and _A Short History of Nearly Everything_ by Bill Bryson. Both are non-scientist friendly, so make good gifts for those not yet converted... I’ll have a look at the books already on the list (and request them for our school library). Can I recommend another two – _Innumeracy_ by John Allen Paulos and _A Short History of Nearly Everything_ by Bill Bryson. Both are non-scientist friendly, so make good gifts for those not yet converted…

]]> By: Michael http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-439 Michael Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:34:12 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-439 I can also recommend Bad Thoughts by Jamie Whyte. I can also recommend Bad Thoughts by Jamie Whyte.

]]> By: MostlySunny http://www.badscience.net/2005/10/lab-that-finds-bugs-where-others-do-not/comment-page-2/#comment-437 MostlySunny Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:29:18 +0000 http://www.badscience.net/?p=179#comment-437 thanksalot :) Folk Devils and Moral Panics -Stanley Cohen How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World - Francis Wheen both are excellent books on the Media and how we are manipulated by it. Could give you an interesting insight into how all this pseudoscience manages to have such staying power. thanksalot :)

Folk Devils and Moral Panics -Stanley Cohen

How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World – Francis Wheen

both are excellent books on the Media and how we are manipulated by it. Could give you an interesting insight into how all this pseudoscience manages to have such staying power.

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