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Thread: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science' - by Ben Goldacre - New readers needed!

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    Quote Originally Posted by Splash View Post
    PM sent - cheers Rob. I'll probably get through it in a couple of days, so if you want to give me details of someone to send it on to I'll get it posted out as soon as I'm done.
    Can you send to rave if he can't get it via the library? rave - can you let Splash know?

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

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    I'll have it after Jiff - was discussing it yesterday
    Tigg - I have my own copy you can have if you want it rather than wait for Jiff to finish it?

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    Quote Originally Posted by Rob_B View Post
    Tigg - I have my own copy you can have if you want it rather than wait for Jiff to finish it?
    He lives round the corner from my 'rents so I can wait - it'll give me an excuse to go visit him too! Don't mind waiting - someone else in another part of the country can have one - don't wanna flood MK!

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    No probs, my wife does want to read it so guess I should keep it for a while anyway!

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    Quote Originally Posted by Rob_B View Post
    Can you send to rave if he can't get it via the library? rave - can you let Splash know?

    Cheers

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    Sure thing

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    I will post here when finished so I can send onto the next person
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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    I’ll add my thumbs up for “13 Things That Don’t Make Sense” by Michael Brooks as a great book to read, along the same lines as “Bad Science”. Despite already being aware of most of the topics he covered, the fact that the author took the time to present all sides of the subject without any significant bias was rather refreshing. It is also written in a very engaging fashion as well, with difficult concepts being handled without oversimplification.

    As an aside there is definitely something “brewing” within science at the moment, with the outcome being a paradigm shift on the scale of “Newtonian to Relativistic mechanics”. The hard part is working out in which discipline it is going to happen as there are so many “mysteries”. If I were a betting man then some small discovering relating to abnormal brain conditions is going to turn everything we know about human intelligence on its head… if you will excuse the pun.
    If Wisdom is the coordination of "knowledge and experience" and its deliberate use to improve well being then how come "Ignorance is bliss"

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    Book arrived today - already on chapter 5. Shall let Rai know the moment I've finished.

    Tis a bloody good read.

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    Book arrived in the post yesterday, will get cracking today on the way to work.

    Rave - am I sending on to you afterwards, and if so could you drop me a PM with your details?

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    Can I add me to the list for this please? I need a rest from medical texts
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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    Book arrived yesterday.
    Forgot to pick it up this morning, but as with Splash will be reading it on the way to work and hopefully grab an hour in the evening between studying.
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    It didn't fall off, it merely became insufficient at it's purpose and got a bit droopy...

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    Quote Originally Posted by Disturbedguy View Post
    Book arrived yesterday.
    Forgot to pick it up this morning, but as with Splash will be reading it on the way to work and hopefully grab an hour in the evening between studying.
    Could you send to OiD when you finish? Cheers

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    Weird... I could've sworn I posted in this thread!

    I was going to say, I would appreciate being added to the list

    But... I won't get an opportunity to read it until after July 8th (when I finish at work) so if anybody wants to sneak ahead of me before then, I'm more than happy to wait.

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    Quote Originally Posted by Rob_B View Post
    Could you send to OiD when you finish? Cheers
    Will do.
    Quote Originally Posted by TAKTAK View Post
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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    So how are people getting on with it then?

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    Re: Book Swap Thread - 'Bad Science - by Ben Goldacre

    It's taken me longer than I though, currently about halfway through but given that I finished my job on Friday I should be done soon. Some interesting stuff in there... Who am I sending on to after I'm done?

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