Author Profile
Ben Goldacre
1974 • British • Writer
20
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 20 quotesDoctors and patients need as much data as possible to make an informed decision about what treatment is best.— 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.— Ben Goldacre
If a scientist sidesteps their scientific peers, and chooses to take an apparently changeable, frightening and technical scientific case directly to the public, then that is a deliberate decision, and one that can't realistically go unnoticed.— Ben Goldacre
Science isn't about authority or white coats; it's about following a method. That method is built on core principles: precision and transparency; being clear about your methods; being honest about your results; and drawing a clear line between the results, on the one hand, and your judgment calls about how those results support a hypothesis.— Ben Goldacre