As someone who’s regularly frustrated by ‘scientists say…’ reports on BBC Breakfast, happening into a talk at OpenTech by Ben Goldacre was a pleasure and a revelation. Go, watch the video, and if you enjoy it, go buy the book ‘Bad Science’. That’s what I did, and I’m very happy I did. As someone pretty fluent in the scientific method and critical thinking, I found the examples really interesting, the encouragement to really analyse what’s said in the media motivating, and the realisation there are lots of other frustrated people out there utterly relieving.
He was on The Now Show on Radio 4 last week too. Very entertaining and thought provoking. You may find a clip on YouTube.