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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
Excellent book, and one that everyone should read before being allowed to discuss anything related to health, nutrition, or medicine (at the very least, people should read the chapters "The Placebo Effect", "Why Clever People Believe Stupid Things", and "Bad stats" - especially the chapter about bad stats...).
There's a lot of bad science out there. Luckily Dr Ben Goldacre is ready to point out some tools for us to spot it ourselves and is amusing along the way. Having read his column and been a sporadic visitor to his website I'm surprised it took me this long to get around to his book (and now there are a couple of newer ones out too...)
informative
medium-paced
There is some value here, but it’s endlessly frustrating to see the author continuously exemplify the very shortcomings (references and imprecise use of language) he accuses others of.
Funny, cutting, and well-written book on what is wrong with science (specifically medical science) reporting, as well as an excellent put-down of the claims from alternative/complementary 'medicine' and how plenty of studies have actually been done on its non-effectiveness.
Interesting. Pretty much what I expected - nothing surprising - but worrying all the same
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Kluge Lektüre über den pseudo-wissenschaftlichen Nonsens der unsere Gesellschaft überflutet. Obwohl von dem Arzt und Psychiater Ben Goldacre (bekannt für seine Kolumne "Bad Science" - so auch der englische Originaltitel des Buches - in der britischen Zeitung "The Guardian") für Laien geschrieben, sind grundlegende naturwissenschaftliche Kenntnisse nicht von Nachteil, um alle Kapitel völlig zu durchblicken.
Das Buch befasst sich zwar vornehmlich mit der Situation im Vereinigten Königreich, das tut dem Lesevergnügen jedoch keinen Abbruch. Pointiert und mit ironischem Witz liefert Goldacre Informationen zu diversen Formen der alternativen Medizin, wie der Homöopathie, und den Einfluss der Medien auf die "öffentliche Meinung" zur Schulmedizin. Und geht dabei ziemlich hart ins Gericht. Was mir persönlich sehr gut gefallen hat; viel zu oft wird bei wichtigen Themen ein Blatt vor den Mund genommen.
Nichts für Anhänger der Homöopathie und ähnlichem.
Obwohl...vielleicht gerade für jene zu empfehlen.
Das Buch sollte jedem, der etwas bei Verstand ist, die Augen öffnen.
Skeptiker werden damit sowieso ihre helle Freude haben. Empfehlenswert!
Das Buch befasst sich zwar vornehmlich mit der Situation im Vereinigten Königreich, das tut dem Lesevergnügen jedoch keinen Abbruch. Pointiert und mit ironischem Witz liefert Goldacre Informationen zu diversen Formen der alternativen Medizin, wie der Homöopathie, und den Einfluss der Medien auf die "öffentliche Meinung" zur Schulmedizin. Und geht dabei ziemlich hart ins Gericht. Was mir persönlich sehr gut gefallen hat; viel zu oft wird bei wichtigen Themen ein Blatt vor den Mund genommen.
Nichts für Anhänger der Homöopathie und ähnlichem.
Obwohl...vielleicht gerade für jene zu empfehlen.
Das Buch sollte jedem, der etwas bei Verstand ist, die Augen öffnen.
Skeptiker werden damit sowieso ihre helle Freude haben. Empfehlenswert!
9th October 2017
I had strong vibes about this book the moment I read its title. Ahh! I was so correct. This book is everything I look for in a Non-Fiction.
Just two chapters and down and already not feeling like to put it down.
8th November 2017
I am done with this book. This book has changed my perspective of seeing few things. The things I used to trust blindly should not always be. This book is full of scientific facts that will open up your brain to so many things that are going on behind those promises and claims few Industries make.
I have reviewed it profoundly on my blog, https://gunjaninks.wordpress.com/2017/11/08/bad-science-by-ben-goldacre/
I had strong vibes about this book the moment I read its title. Ahh! I was so correct. This book is everything I look for in a Non-Fiction.
Just two chapters and down and already not feeling like to put it down.
8th November 2017
I am done with this book. This book has changed my perspective of seeing few things. The things I used to trust blindly should not always be. This book is full of scientific facts that will open up your brain to so many things that are going on behind those promises and claims few Industries make.
I have reviewed it profoundly on my blog, https://gunjaninks.wordpress.com/2017/11/08/bad-science-by-ben-goldacre/
After reading so many books on skepticism, I was getting a bit tired of the genre, as the more I read, the more the returns were diminishing, in terms of new content.
Ben takes a humorous and, dare I say, snarky take on the genre of scepticism, and makes some old stories new again, but also sheds light on subjects that many of the other books shy away from.
A great read!
Ben takes a humorous and, dare I say, snarky take on the genre of scepticism, and makes some old stories new again, but also sheds light on subjects that many of the other books shy away from.
A great read!