Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science

I'm glad someones speaking about this. So many scientific studies come out and end up being refuted. You just don't know what to believe nowadays. And I wonder what his thoughts are on Apple Healthkit since it compiles a lot of data in the hopes of finding solutions to many health problems. Also, Ben is the son of Noosha Fox of the band, Fox.

Could he speak faster?...

thank you!

Contrary to Goldacre claims about his down play on eating greens https://youtu.be/h4MhbkWJzKk?t=181
Check this out from a study found at the .gov site http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24198392

Light-harvesting chlorophyll pigments enable mammalian mitochondria to capture photonic energy and produce ATP.

“Abstract
Sunlight is the most abundant energy source on this planet. However, the ability to convert sunlight into biological energy in the form of adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) is thought to be limited to chlorophyll-containing chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms. Here we show that mammalian mitochondria can also capture light and synthesize ATP when mixed with a light-capturing metabolite of chlorophyll. The same metabolite fed to the worm Caenorhabditis elegans leads to increase in ATP synthesis upon light exposure, along with an increase in life span. We further demonstrate the same potential to convert light into energy exists in mammals, as chlorophyll metabolites accumulate in mice, rats and swine when fed a chlorophyll-rich diet. Results suggest chlorophyll type molecules modulate mitochondrial ATP by catalyzing the reduction of coenzyme Q, a slow step in mitochondrial ATP synthesis. We propose that through consumption of plant chlorophyll pigments, animals, too, are able to derive energy directly from sunlight.”

Science is a helluva drug.

keep up the fight. thank you

I tried slowing it down to .5 to better understand him but now he just sounds drunk lol

wow! ...what an excellent talk

sick

Speaking of coffee... how much has he had??! lol

I think the important thing to remember is that just because someone calls themselves a scientist or even has a PHD it does not make what they do science.
The scientific method is simply a way of learning and repeating what one has done before using various specific methods - this means that, in some cases, a janitor may be more scientific in their approach than a researcher.

TURD talks, in general. Although Ben Goldacre is great & this talk is extremely important.

so it's safe to conclude that the pharmaceutical industry consists of a bunch of con artists who are not to be trusted.
why are things like this the subject of youtube video's and not congressional hearings or something?

This is a great video!

La traduction est merdique, "bias" c'est biais, ou erreur, partialité, pas "falsification". Virer votre traducteur.

Did someone default this video's normal speed to 2x or is it simply that when they said that "Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed" they meant that he would speaking at "high speed" too? ._.

This guy is an attention seeking buffoon. Hus book Bad Science is nothing but a cheap money making scheme with a complete disregard of human well being. The guy is scum.

Its funny how anyone can be a "scientist". Also sad that a company can easily mail a c certificate and peers trust your judgement based off of that simple certificate.

very intersting video and alot of good information

This problem of withholding trials can be avoided by obligating scientists to register all trials beforehand. It just so happens that Ben Goldacre has been involved in getting exactly this regulation approved: you can sign the petition or donate here: http://www.alltrials.net/petition/