"In an ideal world, you might imagine that……" — Ben Goldacre
"In an ideal world, you might imagine that scientific papers were only cited by academics on the basis of their content. This might be true. But lots of other stuff can have an influence."
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27 Quotes by Ben Goldacre
Ben Goldacre has 27 quotes on this site.
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As it is a major component of blood, water is vital for transporting oxygen to the brain. Heaven forbid that…
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If I was writing a lifestyle book it would have the same advice on every page, and you’d know it…
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In the past, [medicalization]has been portrayed as something that doctors inflict on a passive and un-suspecting world - an expansion…
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Transparency and detail are everything in science.
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Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core…
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The placebo effect is one of the most fascinating things in the whole of medicine. It's not just about taking…
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Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else's position.
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You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.
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Homeopathy pills are, after all, empty little sugar pills which seem to work, and so they embody [..] how we…
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And if, by the end [of this book], you reckon you might still disagree with me, then I offer you…
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You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.
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Children can be disgusting, and often they can develop extraordinary talents, but I’m yet to meet any child who can…
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More Academics Quotes
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one of 88 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I love academics, theory and all that. I love and admire that and try to do as much reading as…
— Anton Yelchin
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It may come as a surprise to some academics, but there is a marked relationship between economic power and political…
— Michael Pare
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Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
— John Lithgow
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A university should not be an island where academics attain higher and higher levels of knowledge without sharing any of…
— Muhammad Yunus
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I am often asked if leaders are born or made. The answer, of course, is both. Some characteristics, like IQ…
— Jack Welch
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Homosexuality is not 'normal' On the contrary it is a challenge to the norm...Nature exists whether academics like it or…
— Camille Paglia
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Many of the words and phrases used in the media and among academics suggest that things simply:Â happen:Â to people,…
— Thomas Sowell
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I soon discovered, after I became chairman of the NEH, that, for a number of academics, the truth was not…
— Lynne Cheney
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Around '93, '94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So…
— Marc Andreessen
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I hoping to make it [decision] sometime next week. I love the academics at Tech. I can get a great…
— Calvin Johnson
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Academics and wrestling, you cant separate the two.
— Tom Brands
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If architecture is going to nudge, cajole, and inspire a community to challenge the status quo into making responsible changes,…
— Samuel Mockbee
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