Data Quote by Ben Goldacre

“Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products out of it.”

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

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

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

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“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…

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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…

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

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“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…

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

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

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

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

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Statistics are like miniskirts: They give you good ideas but hide the important things.

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[Brazil] went to the UN and said, "We need new standards for this." We need to take a look at what they're calling "data…

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We're living in a technological world. You cannot tell me we can't do a better job getting that information.

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Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.

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