Ben Goldacre

reason position out in

“You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.”

― Ben Goldacre

corporation culture bullshit

“These corporations run our culture, and they riddle it with bullshit.”

― Ben Goldacre

coca cola sponsor AAND America nutrition dietetics

“The American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is sponsored by Coca-Cola.”

lie truth bullshit conviction

“It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction…”

― Ben Goldacre

pharmaceutical industry marketing research

“Some have estimated that the pharmaceutical industry overall spends about twice as much on marketing and promotion as it does on research and development.”

― Ben Goldacre

positive negative likely publish evidence-baed medicine

"Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core of evidence-based medicine."

― Ben Goldacre