Comments on: About Dr Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column from the Guardian and more... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:42:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Vom Klischee zur SSPE oder “Aaaanita” « excanwahn-Blog http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-31784 Vom Klischee zur SSPE oder “Aaaanita” « excanwahn-Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:24:43 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-31784 [...] der sich nicht nur mit seinem Blog “Bad Science” regelmässig den Zorn der Alternativheiler-Gilde zuzieht, beantwortet die Frage zu seinen Zielen [...] [...] der sich nicht nur mit seinem Blog “Bad Science” regelmässig den Zorn der Alternativheiler-Gilde zuzieht, beantwortet die Frage zu seinen Zielen [...]

]]> By: The Placebo & Homeopathy effects « Laika’s MedLibLog http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-31701 The Placebo & Homeopathy effects « Laika’s MedLibLog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:15:19 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-31701 [...] The Placebo & Homeopathy effects 9 03 2010 Ben Goldacre is the man behind the book “Bad Science“, the blog “Bad Science” (http://www.badscience.net/) and the weekly Bad Science column in the Guardian. He is a medical doctor who specializes in “unpicking dodgy scientific claims made by scaremongering journalists, dodgy government reports, evil...“ [...] [...] The Placebo & Homeopathy effects 9 03 2010 Ben Goldacre is the man behind the book “Bad Science“, the blog “Bad Science” (http://www.badscience.net/) and the weekly Bad Science column in the Guardian. He is a medical doctor who specializes in “unpicking dodgy scientific claims made by scaremongering journalists, dodgy government reports, evil…“ [...]

]]> By: Edge 2010 – The Power of the Blog! « The Library of Digress http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-31633 Edge 2010 – The Power of the Blog! « The Library of Digress Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:09:16 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-31633 [...] we’ve seen social media act as a platform to correct factual inaccuracies in the press.  Ben Goldacre regularly takes to his blog to challenge sensationalism and ‘bad science’ in the press. [...] [...] we’ve seen social media act as a platform to correct factual inaccuracies in the press.  Ben Goldacre regularly takes to his blog to challenge sensationalism and ‘bad science’ in the press. [...]

]]> By: In Like A Lion « Punyu http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-31534 In Like A Lion « Punyu Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:16:53 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-31534 [...] I am currently reading Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. The book takes an interesting and easily read perspective towards all the “health” [...] [...] I am currently reading Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. The book takes an interesting and easily read perspective towards all the “health” [...]

]]> By: Por que hay tanta oferta de terapia alternativa o complementaria? http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-31081 Por que hay tanta oferta de terapia alternativa o complementaria? Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:44:58 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-31081 [...] médico Dr.Goldacre ha escrito un libro interesante sobre la ciencia que trata de evidenciar como funcionan los [...] [...] médico Dr.Goldacre ha escrito un libro interesante sobre la ciencia que trata de evidenciar como funcionan los [...]

]]> By: Bad Science? Bad Reporting? Or the bleedin’ obvious? | Joe's Jottings http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-30865 Bad Science? Bad Reporting? Or the bleedin’ obvious? | Joe's Jottings Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:24:26 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-30865 [...] primed for this sort of story at the moment, having spent the last few day’s re-reading Ben Goldacre’s excellent ‘Bad Science’, but when I do read a story like this it makes, figuratively [...] [...] primed for this sort of story at the moment, having spent the last few day’s re-reading Ben Goldacre’s excellent ‘Bad Science’, but when I do read a story like this it makes, figuratively [...]

]]> By: Ben Goldacre tweets on the flame war « Seismic Shock http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-30697 Ben Goldacre tweets on the flame war « Seismic Shock Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:49:07 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-30697 [...] Goldacre tweets on the flame war Filed under: censorship — seismicshock @ 1:48 am Ben Goldacre yesterday tweeted: @doctorow it’s every trolls dream come true: the police get involved in [...] [...] Goldacre tweets on the flame war Filed under: censorship — seismicshock @ 1:48 am Ben Goldacre yesterday tweeted: @doctorow it’s every trolls dream come true: the police get involved in [...]

]]> By: Identifying Bullshit in Science « Learning from Dogs http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-30513 Identifying Bullshit in Science « Learning from Dogs Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:04:01 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-30513 [...] am in awe of this author, who works full-time for the NHS (British National Health Service) and has a website [...] [...] am in awe of this author, who works full-time for the NHS (British National Health Service) and has a website [...]

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-30451 uberVU - social comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:25:24 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-30451 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by ianwinter: @bengoldacre Bravo on the forms-are-a-form-of-contempt thing. We, the Categorisee. http://bit.ly/aPm3Z... Social comments and analytics for this post…

This post was mentioned on Twitter by ianwinter: @bengoldacre Bravo on the forms-are-a-form-of-contempt thing. We, the Categorisee. http://bit.ly/aPm3Z...

]]> By: LaraLoola » You can’t read a robot’s mind, can’t expect vultures to be kind http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-30392 LaraLoola » You can’t read a robot’s mind, can’t expect vultures to be kind Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:34:23 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-30392 [...] Herring Jenson Button You Know Who Michael McIntyre Dominic West Ben Goldacre James May Peter Capaldi Charlie Brooker Ken Stott Alex Norton Eddie Izzard Mark Thomas Ben Miller [...] [...] Herring Jenson Button You Know Who Michael McIntyre Dominic West Ben Goldacre James May Peter Capaldi Charlie Brooker Ken Stott Alex Norton Eddie Izzard Mark Thomas Ben Miller [...]

]]> By: The year in bad science : Contrarian http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-30157 The year in bad science : Contrarian Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:32:16 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-30157 [...] Ben Goldacre, a physician who hosts the Bad Science website and writes the UK Guardian’s Bad Science has produced a witty compendium of the year in dodgy scientific research in the UK and elsewhere. Moneyquote: A £6m Home Office drugs education study was published with no results, because it was so flawed it couldn’t produce any, we saw MPs being foolish about cervical screening and moon magic, and then when they didn’t like the scientific evidence they got from Professor David Nutt, they sacked him. If politicians want us to take them seriously on the evidence for global warming, they have to show they care about evidence everywhere. It’s only slightly worse in Iraq, where they’ve just spent $32m on 800 sciencey looking dowsing rods to detect bombs…. [...] [...] Ben Goldacre, a physician who hosts the Bad Science website and writes the UK Guardian’s Bad Science has produced a witty compendium of the year in dodgy scientific research in the UK and elsewhere. Moneyquote: A £6m Home Office drugs education study was published with no results, because it was so flawed it couldn’t produce any, we saw MPs being foolish about cervical screening and moon magic, and then when they didn’t like the scientific evidence they got from Professor David Nutt, they sacked him. If politicians want us to take them seriously on the evidence for global warming, they have to show they care about evidence everywhere. It’s only slightly worse in Iraq, where they’ve just spent $32m on 800 sciencey looking dowsing rods to detect bombs…. [...]

]]> By: Pahateadus häbipostis @ DevelopDesign blog http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-29831 Pahateadus häbipostis @ DevelopDesign blog Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:04:53 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-29831 [...] Dr. Ben Goldacre on pühendanud suure osa oma elust võitlusele ignorantsuse ja lauslollusega, kuid vaadates sed, kui [...] [...] Dr. Ben Goldacre on pühendanud suure osa oma elust võitlusele ignorantsuse ja lauslollusega, kuid vaadates sed, kui [...]

]]> By: Press Muse – Cynical studies | The Online Citizen http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-29592 Press Muse – Cynical studies | The Online Citizen Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:22:09 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-29592 [...] Ben Goldacre, medical doctor and outspoken critic of bad science, has done something to my news reading [...] [...] Ben Goldacre, medical doctor and outspoken critic of bad science, has done something to my news reading [...]

]]> By: Press muse – Trial and tribulation « Measured musings http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-29471 Press muse – Trial and tribulation « Measured musings Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:37:22 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-29471 [...] muse – Trial and tribulation Reading Ben Goldacre has done something to my news reading sensibilities. It really got to me in a pathological way. [...] [...] muse – Trial and tribulation Reading Ben Goldacre has done something to my news reading sensibilities. It really got to me in a pathological way. [...]

]]> By: Revival « Measured musings http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-28880 Revival « Measured musings Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:52:24 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-28880 [...] shan’t bore with you with a detailed CV of this Goldacre; in fact to do so is to fall into parody of the very evils which the news media [...] [...] shan’t bore with you with a detailed CV of this Goldacre; in fact to do so is to fall into parody of the very evils which the news media [...]

]]> By: Measured musings http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-28879 Measured musings Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:49:13 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-28879 [...] shan’t bore with you with a detailed CV of this Goldacre; in fact to do so is to fall into parody of the very evils which the news media [...] [...] shan’t bore with you with a detailed CV of this Goldacre; in fact to do so is to fall into parody of the very evils which the news media [...]

]]> By: Agenda available for the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-28676 Agenda available for the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:42:58 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-28676 [...] Ben Goldacre, Author of Bad Science blog, Guardian Research Fellow Nuffield College [...] [...] Ben Goldacre, Author of Bad Science blog, Guardian Research Fellow Nuffield College [...]

]]> By: When You Lie Down With Dogs... http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-28537 When You Lie Down With Dogs... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:30:53 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-28537 [...] know who Matthias Rath is?  I’ll let Dr. Ben Goldacre, science journalist for the Guardian and author of Bad Science explain. The Doctor Will Sue You [...] [...] know who Matthias Rath is?  I’ll let Dr. Ben Goldacre, science journalist for the Guardian and author of Bad Science explain. The Doctor Will Sue You [...]

]]> By: Busting the myth that e-learning is more effective than face to face | Brain Friendly Trainer http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-28312 Busting the myth that e-learning is more effective than face to face | Brain Friendly Trainer Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:55:12 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-28312 [...] Ben Goldacre, author of the excellent Bad Science book and website, explains meta-anaysis like this: A meta-analysis is a study where you take lots of individual trials, some of which may be quite small, and effectively put all the figures into one big spreadsheet. This allows you to get a more accurate answer about an outcome, … …. The joy of meta-analyses is that they can help to avoid what is called a “type II error”: missing a genuine finding [...] [...] Ben Goldacre, author of the excellent Bad Science book and website, explains meta-anaysis like this: A meta-analysis is a study where you take lots of individual trials, some of which may be quite small, and effectively put all the figures into one big spreadsheet. This allows you to get a more accurate answer about an outcome, … …. The joy of meta-analyses is that they can help to avoid what is called a “type II error”: missing a genuine finding [...]

]]> By: Patents, Barriers to Entry, and Natural Monopolies « Qmceconomics http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/comment-page-1/#comment-27789 Patents, Barriers to Entry, and Natural Monopolies « Qmceconomics Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:03:52 +0000 https://badsciencene.secure.powweb.com/?page_id=4#comment-27789 [...] Saturday, the author, Dr Ben Goldacre, went all a bit economicsy in an interesting post about patents. Is it not a good thing, he [...] [...] Saturday, the author, Dr Ben Goldacre, went all a bit economicsy in an interesting post about patents. Is it not a good thing, he [...]

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