How Shoddy Medical Research Can Harm Us All
Doctor and journalist Ben Goldacre, along with Stuart Armstrong, is calling attention to what might be the worst and most significant example of intentional confirmation bias in recent history — a widespread problem in drug research could be harming and killing many of us. In his new book, Bad Pharma: How drug companies mislead doctors…
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Tauriq Moosa - Big Think
The Pokémon Plot: How One Cartoon Inspired the Army to Dream Up a Seizure Gun
In 1998, a secret Army intelligence analysis suggested a new way to take out enemies: blast them with electromagnetic energy until their brains overload and they start to convulse. Amazingly, it was an idea inspired by a Pokemon episode. Application of “electromagnetic pulses” could force neurons to all fire at once, causing a “disruption of…
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Spencer Ackerman - Danger Room
