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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
This opened ny eyes about my own field, an excellent read for anyone looking to defend themselves from pseudo scientific bs. Hilarious!
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
It’s crazy how this book was written 12 years ago, and it’s still completely relevant.
funny
informative
medium-paced
The thing about this book is that people who are scientifically literate already know the topics contained in it are garbage, but the people who believe in that garbage are unwilling to accept his evidence-based conclusions.
informative
slow-paced
The tone is a bit over the top but with good reason, it is a shame that a book like this should even exist because of failure of the press to report on science.
The criticism i would direct to the author is that he almost never goes into numerical details so he does not admit some fundamental problems with scientific truth. Some times results are not black and white, and benefits or damage are acrually complex.
The praise I could not give enough is that he really takes head on so many problems with information, policy, media in health and wellness. For example debunking of anti-oxidants…
The criticism i would direct to the author is that he almost never goes into numerical details so he does not admit some fundamental problems with scientific truth. Some times results are not black and white, and benefits or damage are acrually complex.
The praise I could not give enough is that he really takes head on so many problems with information, policy, media in health and wellness. For example debunking of anti-oxidants…
The message here is, don't blindly believe the media. It's quite shocking at how much rubbish has been made up by the media around medicine in recent years. Whilst I'm not a big newspaper reader (I sometimes get them at the weekend to read the 'arts' sections), I'm definitely going to have to do more digging when I hear a health story that interests me.
I like Dr Ben's style of writing, there are a few laugh out loud moments, but beware that there is quite a lot of sections where you need your brain turned on. It's not really a read in one go type of book either, unless you're a real geek, I liked dipping in for a few chapters at a time.
I like Dr Ben's style of writing, there are a few laugh out loud moments, but beware that there is quite a lot of sections where you need your brain turned on. It's not really a read in one go type of book either, unless you're a real geek, I liked dipping in for a few chapters at a time.
challenging
informative
medium-paced
Honestly really wish I could force people to read this book. There were things I don't agree with (all authors have biases) but I haven't read such a clear and concisely written pop-science book that digs into biases, how we process information, and how the way individuals process information can add up into massive systemic issues. Especially as an ML researcher/engineer, the chapters on statistics and using statistical variance really spoke to me. Complimented well by the podcast Maintenance Phase and hbomberguy's "Vaccines: a Measured Response" video for more pop breakdowns of the same subject, as well as The Doctor Who Fooled the World and Fooled by Randomness.