Data Is The Fabric Of The Modern

You Are A Placebo Responder. Your Body Plays Tricks On Your Mind. You Cannot Be Trusted.

I Write About Misuses Of Evidence In Plenty Of Different Spheres: Scaremongering Journalists, Obvious Quacks And Naturopaths, And Flaws In The Way That Evidence Is Used In Mainstream Academia, Medicine And In (government) Policy. One Of The Things I Always Found Interesting Is The Same Tricks Are Used To Distort Medicine In All Of Those Domains.

I Hope That You Will Be Asked To Participate In A Trial At Some Stage In Your Disease

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.

Children Can Be Disgusting, And Often They Can Develop Extraordinary Talents, But I’m Yet To Meet Any Child Who Can Stimulate His Carotid Arteries Inside His Ribcage.