Ben Goldacre's "Don't Dumb Me Down"

parsonman05 Says:

Oct 24, 2011 - S.978 take a look and pass it on !!!

SteampunkPagan Says:

Oct 25, 2011 - As an Anthropology Major. I would like to personally thank all "post-modernist" for making cultural Anthropology a laughing stock

Naiant Says:

Oct 25, 2011 - I think that scientific press releases *should* be written by non-scientists, since they are more likely to know how someone outside the field will understand something. This goes for all fields, scientific or not. You have to ask who your audience is, and communicate to *them.* But after the piece is written, it should be run past people in the field to make sure it's right.

ItsAudioworm Says:

Oct 27, 2011 - Ben Goldacre is a fantastic writer, and a great speaker. If anyone in the UK has the chance to see him at a show somewhere I recommend it

lawbag1 Says:

Oct 30, 2011 - BA is a very insightful British commentator and knows more than most about how the media makes fun of science.

Pirate44444 Says:

Nov 1, 2011 - it's pronounced woh-rik not war-wik...

glottidum Says:

Nov 2, 2011 - ah, the age-old bitter rivalry. Look, I know loads of us who enjoy studying humanities feel a strong science complex, although I personally don't (I mostly study social sciences, though), and many science students and scientists wouldn't dream of admitting the value of the humanities. It's quite childish, in my view, and utterly pointless.

gasgas270 Says:

Nov 2, 2011 - Spot on. Sick of this sensationalist nonsense.

LsBaba Says:

Nov 4, 2011 - Six years on and still, to society's shame, true.A light in the darkness, here in the UK, is a noticeable increase in science-related programmes on TV and radio (many of which are also on the BBC World Service). Examples (radio): "More or Less", "The Material World", "The Life Scientific", "One Planet", "The Infinite Monkey Cage". All available as podcasts, by the way :)

uncleboring Says:

Nov 4, 2011 - Newpapers are in the business of making money by selling paper.. they are not in the business of reporting news!!

boss1001 Says:

Nov 4, 2011 - When he's talking about Hawkes, he's basically saying "correlation =/= causation"? It got a bit confusing.Also, what do you think of Sanjay Gupta? When I see him in the morning, I'm happy, because he takes time to explain what the story is about. I personally haven't seen him blow something out of proportion or make a mistake someone like me would notice. Though CNN is definitely a culprit of medical story cliffhangers and the like.

JRHartleberry Says:

Nov 4, 2011 - you are brilliant

niriop Says:

Nov 5, 2011 - Isn't Goldcare contradicting himself when he complains of the media treating scientists as authority figures, before going onto to demonise "humanities graduates" by way of complaining of a lack of elite science journalists who are not also "science graduates"? Isn't that treating "science graduates" as authority figures?

thedeeliciousplum Says:

Nov 6, 2011 - Thank you for sharing this vid and of Ben's article.

brandtproduction Says:

Nov 9, 2011 - nice work!

Girls4RonPaul Says:

Nov 13, 2011 - I disagree. wow vaccinations are not OK and never were. I'm sure you've read the studies and done the research. Why lie?

C0nc0rdance Says:

Nov 13, 2011 - @Girls4RonPaulI've read a lot of scientific papers, but perhaps not the same ones you have. Which ones would you say are most persuasive? Could you cite them properly, please, I hate having to hunt?Proper citation, minimal:First author, "Title", Journal (year of publication).

roidroid Says:

Nov 15, 2011 - You (or is it Ben?) rail repeatedly against the humanities here, implying it's full of gullible idiots with no understanding of science.Is that really true? Or is it just fickle "my major is better than your major" tribalism.This is bothering me more and more because i'm a soon to be mature-age-student currently trying to decide what to study. I'm encountering the typical anti-humanities/arts flack of from those studying STEM majors, it's childish bullshit and i wish it'd stop.

salerio61 Says:

Nov 15, 2011 - lol as if :) Does Jenny McCarthy count?

sonotfastfood Says:

Nov 26, 2011 - As someone who (should) be graduating with a Humanities degree this summer and wants to go into journalism, I will be staying well away from writing science news. I wouldn't want to incur the ire of Ben Goldacre, who I very much admire!

IblameBlame Says:

Jan 21, 2012 - Can anyone tell me what documentary the last sentence on some of C0nc0rdance's videos are from? I mean "Every cell of each plant and animal contains genetic information coded onto the DNA molecule. The model rep..."

Helsinkisillest Says:

Feb 2, 2012 - Excellent video.

mphello Says:

Feb 12, 2012 - "Bad Man Die" LOL!

MisterTutor2010 Says:

Apr 12, 2012 - Any science major can tackle a humanities course. The reverse is almost never true. the Humanities is a catch all term for the lesser academic disiplines.

Roxor128 Says:

May 7, 2012 - Wow, C0nc0rance. That's really sad. I think that we need to change how junior editors are taught. Drill into their heads that human angles are a dime a dozen, and thus, expendable. Technical details, by comparison, are worth their weight in gold and should be prised as such.