Ben Goldacre is a medical doctor and best-selling author of the (highly recommended) book Bad Science, which was shortlisted for the BBC’s Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction recently. The book shows how you can simply apply the scientific method to successfully guard yourself against both mainstream and “alternative” medical scams, and debunk non-demonstrable claims, with some fairly scary examples.
In this somewhat impromptu talk delivered at OpenTech 2009, Ben looks at how we could take some of the ideas in the book a good deal further. Ben’s talk was part of the after-lunch session in the main hall, and he is seen with Bill Thompson (you can see Bill’s talk here) and chair Zoe Margolis.
Ben Goldacre: “Beyond Bad Science”, OpenTech 2009 from Richard Elen on Vimeo.
