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vsgayatri's review against another edition
5.0
This opened ny eyes about my own field, an excellent read for anyone looking to defend themselves from pseudo scientific bs. Hilarious!
trametta's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
It’s crazy how this book was written 12 years ago, and it’s still completely relevant.
ginny17's review against another edition
4.0
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.
yates9's review against another edition
5.0
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…
patchworkbunny's review against another edition
5.0
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.