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Doctors arguing badly: the ethics of placebos
Posted on October 26, 2010 | 19 CommentsThe ethics of conducting medical trials can be tricky. There is always the risk someone could be exposed to a drug that is dangerous, or they could miss out on... -
‘Gravity doesn’t exist’, says philosophically naive scientist/journalist
Posted on July 16, 2010 | 27 CommentsReports of a physicist “taking on gravity” have recieved a bit of attention recently, with a New York Times article outlining Erik Verlinde’s idea that gravity is an emergent property... -
Should journalists report on unpublished research?
Posted on April 9, 2010 | 23 CommentsI was recently commissioned to write a short news story about a some unpublished research. Should journalists be writing about research that hasn’t undergone peer review? The research was about... -
Climate change and philosophy of science: Does climate science aim at truth?
Posted on March 30, 2010 | 35 CommentsA couple of weeks ago there was an interesting exchange in The Guardian between George Monbiot and Nicholas Maxwell, a philosopher of science from University College London. In his piece,... -
Can unconscious brains think? Coma, philosophy of mind, and the media.
Posted on February 5, 2010 | 8 Comments“Ok brain. I don’t like you and you don’t like me. Let’s just do this and I can go back to killing you with beer.” - Homer Simpson A new... -
Actually, maybe economists did prove money can buy happiness…
Posted on January 22, 2010 | 9 CommentsA little while ago, I wrote a post about an article in Science about the relationship between “objective” measurements of “quality of life” and subjective measurements of “life-satisfaction”. The article... -
Blair fails Philosophy of Science 101
Posted on January 4, 2010 | 3 CommentsHere’s a piece I wrote about Tim Blair’s most recent attack on reason. I started writing it for this blog but thought it would work particularly well on the Crikey... -
![Last week, Science published the results of a study [pdf] that positively answers once and for all the question that every philosopher (and non-philosopher) since Plato has asked themselves: Money...](http://www.goodbadandbogus.com/wp-content/uploads/Money_Happiness-195x105.jpg "Economists (don’t) prove that money can buy you happiness… And news outlets prove they’re crap.")
Economists (don’t) prove that money can buy you happiness… And news outlets prove they’re crap.
Posted on December 30, 2009 | 25 CommentsLast week, Science published the results of a study [pdf] that positively answers once and for all the question that every philosopher (and non-philosopher) since Plato has asked themselves: Money... -
Happiness study: Science journalism FAIL
Posted on December 18, 2009 | 6 CommentsI don’t like being so negative all the time. I promise my next post will be nicer. BUT… You might have seen a lot of stories floating around about a... -
Catholics kill babies, says philosopher
Posted on October 26, 2009 | 3 CommentsAccording to Luc Bovens, professor of philosophy at LSE, the rhythm method is the moral equivalent of the contraceptive pill. In other words, the one method of contraception recommended by...