"Science has authority, not because of white coats,……" — Ben Goldacre
"Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case."
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27 Quotes by Ben Goldacre
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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 Authority Quotes
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be…
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.
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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good…
— Russell Baker
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Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and…
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I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
— John Adams
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I cannot stand authority.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
— Joseph Addison
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