Book · 2008 · Health & Fitness
Bad Science
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There's a book called Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, who's a I believe he's a UK physician, excellent communicator as well and there are a number of sections in this book that I think are valuable for separating for instance absolute versus relative risk.
Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2022 Listen at 9:29 What they say about it
- Excerpted in The 4-Hour Body“excerpted for the 4-Hour Body”4
- Author is a British physician“MD from the UK”4
The best things said about it
It's a helpful book for teaching yourself to think in a structured way, right, scientifically about medicine.
Andrew Huberman The Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 2026 There's a book called Bad Science that I actually excerpted for the 4-Hour Body at one point just to give you an idea of what matters and what doesn't because a lot gets sensationalized in the news.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · May 2025 Ben Goldacre wrote a book called Bad Science which I think is is worth should be required reading for every school child on some level at least parts of it.
Derren Brown The Tim Ferriss Show · Nov 2024 There's a book that I enjoy tremendously called Bad Science by Ben Goldacre.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2021 The excerpts for that appendix are from a book called Bad Science by a doctor named Ben Goldacre, which is absolutely fantastic.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 2018 He runs through some of the basics.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 2023 Where and when it comes up
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Bad Science by Ben Goldacre is an insightful examination of sensationalized medical claims, media misinformation, and the flaws in how scientific studies are communicated to the public. Andrew Huberman recommended the book on The Tim Ferriss Show, noting that although some chapters focus on the UK and are less relevant to US audiences, it serves as a helpful guide for teaching people to think in a structured and scientific way about medicine. Tim Ferriss frequently championed the book across multiple episodes of The Tim Ferriss Show, including conversations with Peter Attia, Ed Thorp, and Ryan Holiday, as well as on the Huberman Lab podcast. Ferriss noted that he even excerpted parts of it for his own work to help readers establish a baseline of scientific literacy, separate absolute versus relative risk, and learn to navigate scientific hype. Derren Brown also recommended the book on The Tim Ferriss Show, stating that parts of it should be required reading for every school child to develop a better understanding of skepticism. Overall, these podcast hosts and guests emphasized that the book provides an accessible and valuable foundation for anyone wanting to critically evaluate scientific studies and distinguish between empirical reality and sensationalized falsehoods in the media.
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Tim Ferriss there's a great book called bad science yeah by Ben Goldacre then I recommend everybody I excerpted some of… 7
“There's a book called Bad Science that I actually excerpted for the 4-Hour Body at one point just to give you an idea of what matters and what doesn't because a lot gets sensationalized in the news.”
“it's challenging at times but read books like bad science read books like How to lie with Statistics”
“And they read a book like Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, who's an MD. British, so some of the cultural context and examples may not resonate for US readers, but he runs through some of the basics.”
“There's a book called Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, who's a I believe he's a UK physician, excellent communicator as well and there are a number of sections in this book that I think are valuable for separating for instance absolute versus relative risk.”
“there's a book that i enjoy tremendously called bad science by ben goldacre i believe is an md and i enjoyed that so much that had a few excerpts from that book put into the appendix or the appendices of for our body because i wanted to provide some basics”
“there's a great book called bad science yeah by Ben Goldacre then I recommend everybody I excerpted some of those chapters in the appendix of 4-hour body”
“And and not to seem like I'm selling my own book, the excerpts for that appendix are from a book called Bad Science by a doctor named Ben Goldacre, which is absolutely fantastic.”
Andrew Huberman I mean, I think there's a book called Bad Science by Ben Goldacaker who's an MD from the UK. There are a nu… 1
“I mean, I think there's a book called Bad Science by Ben Goldacaker who's an MD from the UK. There are a number of chapters that are not relevant to a US audience, but it's a helpful book for teaching yourself to think in a structured way, right, scientifically about medicine.”
Derren Brown actually this is I think pretty sure it's fellow Brit Ben Golder wrote a book called bad science which I th… 1
“actually this is I think pretty sure it's fellow Brit Ben Golder wrote a book called bad science which I think is is worth should be required reading for every school child on some level at least parts of it”
Joe Rogan if you want a really good insight into how big farmer works read Ben Goldacre book pig farmer 1
“if you want a really good insight into how big farmer works read Ben Goldacre book pig farmer”
