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		<title>The noble and ancient tradition of moron-baiting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 22:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Goldacre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 29 May 2010 This week a man called Martin Gardner died, aged 95. His popular maths column in Scientific American (and 50 books on the subject) spanned the decades, but in 1952 he published a book about pseudoscience, quacks, and credulous journalists. How much do you think has changed over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Righteous mischief from Archie Cochrane</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Goldacre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working on an editorial about the importance of evidence based social policy, I re-discovered this moment of genius from Archie Cochrane which I thought I’d share. It’s 1971, he’s part way through a randomised trial comparing Coronary Care Units against home care, and the time has come to share some results with the cardiologists. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s bible reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Goldacre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the birthday of Jesus Christ – who was clearly a very nice guy, giant sky wizard issues aside – I can think of no better bible reading than this, Daniel 1:8, a description of the first ever clinical trial. Daniel and his people have been dragged off to the court of king Nebuchadnezzar, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UCL, Colquhoun, and Dr Ann Walker &#8211; A victory for common sense.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Goldacre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UCL have just issued a smashing statement on Prof Colquhoun&#8217;s de-excommunication. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0706/07061303 posting this from my phone, more to follow&#8230; Joint statement by Professor Colquhoun and UCL 13 June 2007 UCL was recently contacted by Dr Alan Lakin on behalf of his wife, herbal medicine practitioner Dr Ann Walker, in relation to comments made about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mighty David Colquhoun</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Goldacre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Update: Letter from Provost below] Ben Goldacre Saturday June 9, 2007 The Guardian I&#8217;ve always said you&#8217;d get a lot more kids interested in science if you told them it involves fighting &#8211; which of course it does. This week, for example, Professor David Colquhoun FRS &#8211; one of the most eminent scientists in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Praise of Genius</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Goldacre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Superlative quackhunting by the formidable (in the french pronunciation of the word) Prof David Colquhoun FRS, chasing down those cheeky scamps from &#8220;Stop Snoring&#8221;, and their claim-rich TV adverts. They bang on about clinical trials. Colquhoun&#8230; finds them and reads them&#8230; www.ucl.ac.uk/Pharmacology/dc-bits/quack.html#snore Ah me, simple pleasures. It&#8217;s amazing how the kind of boring and nerdy [...]]]></description>
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