You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.

And if, by the end [of this book], you reckon you might still disagree with me, then I offer you this: you'll still be wrong, but you'll be wrong with a lot more panache and flair than you could possibly manage right now.

You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.

Doctors and patients need as much data as possible to make an informed decision about what treatment is best.

You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.

Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core of evidence-based medicine.

I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.