Book · 2025 · Health & Fitness
Blind Spots
When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health
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An essential read by Dr. Peter Attia.
Megyn Kelly · The Megyn Kelly Show · Sep 2024 Listen at 49:38 What they say about it
- Title and subtitle of book“When medicine gets it wrong”4
The best things said about it
My friend Marty mcari just came out with this amazing book called blind spot yeah blind spots.
Michael Shellenberger The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2024 There are a lot of illustrations of this in his most recent book, which is called Blind Spots, When Medicine Gets It Wrong and What It Means for Our Health.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Jan 2026 He wrote a book called Blind Spots. And in it, he writes about the peanut allergy.
Rand Paul The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2026 His latest book and the subject of today's conversation is blind spots when medicine gets it wrong at what it means for our health.
This book focuses on mistaken ideas that people assume are true and are treated as gospel and they ruin people's lives.
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Why people recommend it
Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong and What It Means for Our Health by Marty Makary is a critical examination of medical dogma and systemic errors within the healthcare establishment. The book was recommended and discussed on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, The Megyn Kelly Show, The Joe Rogan Experience, Freakonomics Radio, and EconTalk. On This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, Dave Smith mentioned he was reading the book while talking about medical scandals. On The Megyn Kelly Show, Megyn Kelly hosted the author and enthusiastically recommended the book, highlighting an endorsement on the cover by Dr. Peter Attia and praising its ability to distinguish the forest from the trees regarding public health policies. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Michael Shellenberger and Rand Paul both brought up the book to discuss flawed medical guidelines, pediatrician recommendations, and historical policy mistakes like the handling of peanut allergies. On Freakonomics Radio, Stephen Dubner used examples from the book to introduce discussions on medical consensus and institutional errors. Similarly, Russ Roberts dedicated an episode of EconTalk to discussing the book's core themes with Marty Makary, establishing the text as a vital resource for understanding modern medical shortcomings.
Every mention
Megyn Kelly he was on recently to promote it it's called blind spots when medicine gets it wrong 3
“he was on recently to promote it it's called blind spots when medicine gets it wrong”
“By the way, the book is called Blind Spots by Marty Makary, m a k a r y.”
“The forest and the trees are distinguished in this book, Blind Spots by Dr. Marty Makary, m a k a r y, Blind Spots When Medicine Gets It Wrong and What It Means for Our Health on the front uh an essential read by Dr. Peter Attia, who's also been great on all this stuff.”
Dave Smith blind spots when medicine that's one that I've been reading when medicine goes wrong that's one that I've b… 1
“blind spots when medicine that's one that I've been reading when medicine goes wrong that's one that I've been reading”
Michael Shellenberger my friend Marty mcari just came out with this amazing book called blind spot yeah blind spots 1
“my friend Marty mcari just came out with this amazing book called blind spot yeah blind spots”
Dr. Marty Makary the fact that every cell is connected every disease is interrelated to five basic principles of Health that… 2
“the fact that every cell is connected every disease is interrelated to five basic principles of Health that we don't talk about that we need to talk about”
“but this book focuses on mistaken ideas that people assume are true and are treated as gospel and they ruin people's lives”
Rand Paul He wrote a book. He wrote a book called Blind Spots. And in it, he writes about the peanut allergy, right? 1
“He wrote a book. He wrote a book called Blind Spots. And in it, he writes about the peanut allergy, right?”
Russ Roberts his latest book and the subject of today's conversation is blind spots when medicine gets it wrong at what… 1
“his latest book and the subject of today's conversation is blind spots when medicine gets it wrong at what it means for our health”
Stephen Dubner There are a lot of illustrations of this in his most recent book, which is called Blind Spots, When Medicin… 1
“There are a lot of illustrations of this in his most recent book, which is called Blind Spots, When Medicine Gets It Wrong and What It Means for Our Health. The first chapter is titled The Salem Peanut Trial, How Experts Created an Epidemic.”
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“He's also written a few books, including Blind Spots, When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health.”
“and so I wrote the book really to be a guide to impeccable objectivity when we hear new information and give examples in medical science”
“and that's why I wrote the book blind spots I wanted to educate people on the what we know on the latest scientific evidence on many of the big Health recommendations of today”
“so I thought well I'm writing a book about medical dogma and so I made that one of the chapters amazing Discovery”
“his book is blind spots Marty thanks for being part of econ talk”
“It is called Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong and What It Means for Our Health. It's out September 17th.”