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As it is a major component of blood, water is vital for transporting oxygen to the brain. Heaven forbid that your blood…
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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 all already.…
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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 of the…
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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 of evidence-based…
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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 a pill,…
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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 can be…
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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…
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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 stimulate his…
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Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right. He failed.
— Edward Abbey
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"Do you know," Ivan Bunin recalls Anton Chekhov saying to him in 1899, near the end of his too-short life, "for how…
— Anton Chekhov
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In the late 1600s the finest instruments originated from three rural families whose workshops were side by side in the Italian village…
— Unknown Author
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The only thing that restrains you is fear, Anton Gorodetsky. For yourself, or for people - that's not important. But we are…
— Sergei Lukyanenko
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I don't think any of my kids would have a good word to say about me. I think they deny that they…
— Rob Brydon
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The inside is packed with people. Lots of them crowding the bar, passing drinks back for people to carry to tables. A…
— Holly Black
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You okay?" Anton asks, looking at me like he's trying to figure out if I'm drunk. His plans depend on me. I…
— Holly Black
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Of course we got drunk!" Semyon said. "It's okay to get drunk, Anton. If you need to real bad. Only you have…
— Sergei Lukyanenko
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I'd like to submit to Bad Science my teacher who gave us a handout which says that 'Water is best absorbed by…
— Ben Goldacre
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Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood…
— Scarlett Thomas
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My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was…
— Gene Wilder
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