geeksandbeats: Number 99.

Wednesday 12 August 2009

Quick blog, before I brave the 7:35am 250 service to The Trafford Centre (via MUFC).

The book seen above, is in fact one of the best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It was recommended to me at a very hazy art school party after Field Day, by a rather lovely girl who at first glance looked like a fine art student, but was actually a physiology degree graduate. After half an hour of geeking out she told me to scope this, in which I returned the favour by insisting she read "59 Seconds" by Professor R Wiseman. This book has caused me to:

~never trust anyone in the media

~never trust anyone who trusts in the media

~never trust anyone who trusts in anyone who trusts in the media

~hate all science journalists

~hate all science journalists with a humanities degree

~want to study all my life, preferably in France

~publish another research paper in natural products

~throw away my multivitamin pills
~furiously advocate the MMR jab in children

~take a serious look at some people's 'credentials'

Scientists are cool. Fake scientists are not. Nutritionists make me want to kill myself.

Good read. 8/10 = (he gets a bit self-righteous at times).

A side note, Manchester is rife with uncertainty. More on that later, I need to get dressed.

Labels: ben goldacre, books, bus, early blogging, eat your vitamins, homeopathy is bullshit, nutritionists are scum, party, pharmacology, reading, red, science, the media sucks

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