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 placebo effect is one of the most fascinating things in the whole of medicine. It's not just about taking a pill, and your performance and your pain getting better. It's about our beliefs and expectations. It's about the cultural meaning of a treatment.
Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else's position.
