Doctor Quotes by Ben Goldacre

In general, drug companies are reasonably good at developing new treatments, and there's also a lot of good in the industry.

— Ben Goldacre

Amazing things happen when you pull individual pieces of information together into larger linked datasets: meaning emerges, as you produce facts from figures.

— Ben Goldacre

“Aside from all this, for several of the most important and enduring problems in medicine, we have no idea what the best treatment is,…

— Ben Goldacre

“At school you were taught about chemicals in test tubes, equations to describe motion, and maybe something on photosynthesis—about which more later—but in all…

— Ben Goldacre

And if, by the end [of this book], you reckon you might still disagree with me, then I offer you this: you'll still be…

— Ben Goldacre

I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

— Ben Goldacre

“Today, scientists and doctors find themselves outnumbered and outgunned by vast armies of individuals who feel entitled to pass judgment on matters of evidence—an…

— Ben Goldacre

I hope that you will be asked to participate in a trial at some stage in your disease

— Ben Goldacre

Most bloggers have no institutional credibility, and so they must build it, by linking transparently, and allowing you to easily double check their work.…

— Ben Goldacre

“The American Academy of Pediatrics officially supports breastfeeding, but receives about half a million dollars from Ross, manufacturers of Similac infant formula.”

— Ben Goldacre

“More than that, these adverts sell a dubious world view. They sell the idea that science is not about the delicate relationship between evidence…

— Ben Goldacre

“At school you were taught about chemicals in test tubes, equations to describe motion, and maybe something on photosynthesis – about which more later…

— Ben Goldacre

“My basic hypothesis is this: the people who run the media are Humanities graduates with little understanding of science, who wear their ignorance as…

— Ben Goldacre

“The current regulations -- for companies, doctors and researchers -- create perverse incentives; and we'll have better luck fixing those broken systems than we…

— Ben Goldacre

Doctors and patients need as much data as possible to make an informed decision about what treatment is best.

— Ben Goldacre