runa 's review for:

Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre

4.0

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This was a very good book that I did not like. The author clearly knows what he's talking about. Unfortunately, sometimes it's hard for the reader to know what he's talking about. In a bold effort to make scientific skepticism accessible to the everyday reader, Goldacre buries the gems in a pile of confusing statistics, all valid statistics backing up his insightful, important claims to show he's done the research and knows what he's talking about, but muddling statistics. I wish he'd stuck the statistics in appendices. I am excited to learn more about him through his blog, as I loved his insights and would prefer them in lower doses, so to speak.