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

I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

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

The plural of anecdotes is not data

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.

In the past, [medicalization]has been portrayed as something that doctors inflict on a passive and un-suspecting world - an expansion of the Medical Empire. But in reality, it seems that these reductionist bio-medical stories can appeal to us all, because complex problems often have depressingly-complex causes, and the solutions can be taxing, and unsatisfactory.