Ben Goldacre
Related We don't have good evidence, good research and good literature that supports some of these time fram... BRIAN POSTL BEN GOLDACRE This poll shows widespread support for the idea that when biology teachers teach Darwin's theory of ... CASEY LUSKIN To find somebody guilty of doping you don't necessarily need urine and blood samples. It can also be... JACQUES ROGGE While announcing readiness and recommending the European friends to have a more careful and better u... MANUCHEHR MOTTAKI It’s hard to build models of inflation that don't lead to a multiverse. It’s not impossible, so ... ALAN GUTH If the government illegally seizes evidence, not only that evidence can be suppressed but any eviden... MARK RUSH DEREK BOK The resolution of these issues ensures that this evidence of one of the most tragic events in Americ... DAVID OGDEN As in any research, achieving precise efficiency benchmarks is a critical step. Particularly in this... YANG YANG If we find it necessary to change the company name, we'll decide it based on the results of that res... KOZO HIRAMATSU Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is r... RANDY SCHEKMAN To ignore the evidence, and hope that it cannot be true, is more an evidence of mental illness WILLIAM BLASE BERTRAND RUSSELL Pioneer has a very robust research pipeline. This new research center will help us make the most of ... BILL NIEBUR I think that the statement is a call to pediatricians to maintain an objective and unbiased viewpoin... ADRIAN SANDLER People are taking some comfort in results and a feeling that the economy is getting better, but ther... JACK ABLIN While we don't favor mandating the teaching of intelligent design we do think it is constitutional f... CASEY LUSKIN We were drawn to the Teachers for New Era's reliance on evidence as its critical reform model. Clear... GAIL LEVIN The evidence is unclear. There's research on both sides. BILL MODZELESKI Continuing a short series on topics of Christian apologetics: The critical scholar is not committe... E. L. MASCALL While this group will support and enhance the research efforts of Southern Research, the department ... DANIEL DUKE There's no evidence from decades of Pew Research surveys that public opinion, in the aggregate, is m... PEW RESEARCH CENTER We are especially pleased that the project's focus is to deliver substantive content that so clearly... HOWARD WOLF If we are well-connected to the schools, we're going to have a better understanding of what students... FRANCES KOCHAN The more research we have, the better, ... Those treatments that are found to be effective will, bel... MARCIA ANGELL CARL SAGAN The network of trained Master Well Owner volunteers represents a unique opportunity to gather import... BRYAN SWISTOCK BERTRAND RUSSELL Resellers will need an understanding of messaging systems. ARTHUR YOUNG I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active sci... RICHARD ERNST Our latest research provides firm evidence this drug does indeed have an important impact on the hea... DAVID KASS We've seen some evidence of a slowing economy, which is a good thing but we need more evidence to ca... BOB DICKEY TADASHI YANAI There's no evidence that size matters in terms of better governance. DENNIS DRESANG Money spent on expensive and unproved magnet therapy might be better spent on evidence-based medicin... BRUCE FLAMM We need to do a better job of understanding who it is we seek to serve, what their particular needs ... GEORGE SMITHERMAN BERTRAND RUSSELL BERTRAND RUSSELL Richard Dawkins regards faith as an evil to be eliminated; he takes all religious faith to be blind ... JOHN C. LENNOX Research shows that early literacy is critical. Students who come from more affluent, better educate... BILL GARRISON Politicians need a better understanding of global ecology. We need to be freed from our species-spec... LYNN MARGULIS Computer systems are better now, and people have a better understanding (of the plans). BETTY THURMAN There is evidence of a false claim. It's not proof. But there's evidence. Based on our investigation... JOANN CARRIN DIANNE FEINSTEIN It's an important distinction. But there's a lot of research that how the employees feel is incredib... MAX STIER BERTRAND RUSSELL The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. UTTERLY RUSSELL BEN GOLDACRE We applaud President Bush and his commitment to greater consumer health care empowerment. The eviden... GREGG LEHMAN VENKATRAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS J. MICHAEL BISHOP ALBERT EINSTEIN KIM JONG-UN THOMAS FRIEDMAN We've all been trying to come up with our own type of game plan until there's better evidence-based ... STANLEY COHEN This is the most solid piece of research evidence to come forth to date linking exposure to alcohol ... DAVID JERNIGAN Our goal is to do fair, accurate and balance research. Not a lot of companies are doing critical res... KAREN HINTON While I agree completely that attracting good teachers is difficult, and we need to spend more time ... DAVID BOIES It must be remembered that the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence RANDALL PRICE I suggested a research project would be required and I guess we're in that research project. There a... JACK LAYTON The committee understood the critical importance of addressing allegations of research misconduct, w... PAULINE HALE Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people... LAUREL CLARK Math is an area that we are focusing on more and that is a challenge because we are now teaching hig... KAREN HART Over the past year we have enjoyed a very productive collaboration with Pfizer, the world's leading ... EDWARD LANPHIER It has been discovered that one of our scientists has fabricated data for use in scientific research... STEIN VAALER The police have collected evidence and testimony that supports the allegation. ANTON BACHRUL ALAM KAREN MILLER Our work adds to a growing body of evidence about the impact of El Niño on the ocean ecosystem. GREG MITCHELL Our corn research teams will be working more closely with area farmers and will have more eyes in th... BILL NIEBUR TAN LE Based on the evidence that is supplied by Maguire, I reckon he will be right to play. DERMOTT BRERETON This partnership makes competitive intelligence, market research and business development teams more... GREG LLOYD This victory also means more responsibility. Farmers and cheese-makers need to make more of an effor... MANOLIS ANIFANTAKIS JOEL SALATIN We want to get an early understanding of the project so that it results in a school that the communi... DAVID M. MARONEY Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just b... JOHN HODGMAN There's no scientific evidence that G.M.Os harm humans. Quite the contrary: The health benefits of G... JULIAN MORRIS Believe that change can happen, even after overwhelming evidence says things
never seem to get bette... RICHARD A. MORAN My Ph.D. is in operations research. I was interested in making things work better and using mathemat... ALVIN E. ROTH We are pleased that Internet Security Systems is incorporating SCADA intelligence, related to tools ... DALE PETERSON We are pleased that Internet Security Systems is incorporating SCADA intelligence, related to tools ... DALE PETERSON We will have an educational mission as well as a research mission, ... But our principle mission wil... LARRY COOK I always like when things are loosely based on real events. That always makes it more interesting be... KATIA WINTER Based on further evidence, our geo-technical experts concluded that the digging will not be needed. JENNIFER POST 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON There is more and more evidence building up that wild migratory birds do play some role in spreading... WARD HAGEMEIJER It's very significant for the students of Kansas. Instead of just the evidence that supports evoluti... CASEY LUSKIN Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also ... PAUL NURSE We can readily address, with research, 30% of current transportation-fuel needs. But reaching that g... ARTHUR RAGAUSKAS MARISSA MEYER This research underlines the fact that yet another antenatal cause of cerebral palsy has been identi... CATHERINE GIBSON Less than 1 percent of the prairie grass region remains unplowed, and this is one piece of that. So,... RICHARD CRAWFORD Nobody has any ideas about the cause of the difference. It needs to be an important research priorit... DR. DAVID L. BROWN This is a real condition. It's not just in someone's mind. We need a better understanding of this di... DR. ROSHINI RAJAPAKSA Part of the problem, ... is there are so many more things that can be done for people - drug therapi... JACK HORN Just as animal research tells us that gluttony and sloth are side effects of a drive to accumulate b... GARY TAUBES The National Cancer Institute wants to make certain the results of clinical research are rapidly dis... ANDREW VON ESCHENBACH Research is all about teaching and learning. This demonstrates what students can do and achieve at a... JOYCE KINKEAD
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Here we will see that pharmaceutical companies spend tens of billions of pounds every year trying to... 
Critics of American colleges typically attribute the failings of undergraduate education to a tenden... 
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd;... 
Another of Mack’s patients says that the aliens have been taking eggs from her since she was sexua... 
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd;... 
More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but that'... 
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd;... 
It is my hope that the number of stem cell lines available for federally-funded research will be exp... 
The Royal Society view is completely apolitical: it will judge anything based on the evidence. One o... 
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. 
In my first publishable research, I obtained evidence that the replication of polio viral RNA engend... 
Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of n... 
A rational system and order for educational administration should be established on the principle of... 
There is nothing more valuable than great classroom instruction. But let's stop putting the whol... 
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We believe that the farm should be building 'forgiveness' into the ecosystem. What does that... 
...but I’m trying to be inconspicuous.”
Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transpare... 
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It took capitalism half a century to come back from the Great Depression. 
Economic science concerns itself primarily with theoretical and empirical generalizations about the ... 
The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from ... 
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Among other objectives, liquidity guidelines must take into account the risks that inadequate liquid... 
Selective Biblical quotation is a favorite of leftists who interpret the Bible the same way they do ... 
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly. 
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This figure that thou here seest put,
It was for gentle Shakespeare cut,
Wherein the graver ha... 
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth. 
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar. 
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Happiness is a journey not a destination. 
No one will do it for you. 
You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot 
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Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one st... 
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