# Battling bad science

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2011
- Speaker: Ben Goldacre
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they're right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical industry.

## Lectures

1. [Battling bad science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science/87e63b4a2865), 14 min (TED's player)