April 9th, 2009 by Ben Goldacre
in BANT, africa, alternative medicine, bad science, book, death, matthias rath, nutritionists | 116 Comments »
This is the “missing chapter” about vitamin pill salesman Matthias Rath. Sadly I was unable to write about him at the time that book was initially published, as he was suing my ass in the High Court. The chapter is now available in the new paperback edition, and I’ve posted it here for free so that nobody loses out.
Although the publishers make a slightly melodramatic fuss about this in the promo material, it is a very serious story about the dangers of pseudoscience, as I hope you’ll see, and it was also a pretty unpleasant episode, not just for me, but also for the many other people he’s tried to sue, including Medecins Sans Frontieres and more. If you’re ever looking for a warning sign that you’re on the wrong side of an argument, suing Medecins Sans Frontieres is probably a pretty good clue.
Anyway, here it is, please steal it, print it, repost it, whatever, it’s free under a Creative Commons license, details at the end. If you prefer it is available as a PDF here, or as a word document here. Happy Easter!
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October 7th, 2008 by Ben Goldacre
in book, book reviews, onanism | 28 Comments »
Reproduced cheekily below. He’s Arthur Smith’s brother, don’t you know. Read the rest of this entry »
October 2nd, 2008 by Ben Goldacre
in bad science, book, book reviews, onanism, telegraph | 11 Comments »
There’s a very nice review of my book “Bad Science” in the Telegraph this week. I have to say I’m delighted to see that the two newspapers I’ve probably been meanest about over recent years are the two that have reviewed it so far. This betrays a genuinely wholesome grown up approach to life which properly warms the cockles of my heart.
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September 30th, 2008 by Ben Goldacre
in bad science, book, book reviews, mail, onanism | 33 Comments »
September 9th, 2008 by Ben Goldacre
in bad science, book, onanism | 49 Comments »
Slightly tiggerish and lacking in gravitas but that’s roughly what you’d expect from a 12 year old delivering a 100,000 word thesis on mainstream television in 3 minutes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dcy6n/
It starts 8 minutes in. As you can see the presenters really engaged with the film, they loved the book, and it triggered a thought-provoking discussion of the issues raised. Read the rest of this entry »
This is the “missing chapter” about vitamin pill salesman Matthias Rath. Sadly I was unable to write about him at the time that book was initially published, as he was suing my ass in the High Court. The chapter is now available in the new paperback edition, and I’ve posted it here for free so that nobody loses out.
