Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science

The video explores the field of epidemiology, highlighting its role in understanding health claims. It critiques the reliance on authority as evidence and emphasizes the need for proper scientific methods. The speaker discusses the importance of trials and the placebo effect, revealing how the pharmaceutical industry manipulates evidence. The issue of publication bias and missing data is addressed, stressing the need for transparency in scientific research.

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