Book of the Month: And our Geek Lit winner is... BAD SCIENCE by Ben Goldacre (discussion night Tue 30 March)

[TillyBookClub]

BAD SCIENCE by Ben Goldacre has grabbed the winning title of March Book of the Month with a staggering 50 votes, streaks ahead of his competitors.

We will get together to chat about the book on Tuesday 30 March, 8-9.30pm.

For those that missed it, here were the choices and the March poll results.

And for anyone new to Bookclub, here is how it works.

I'm hoping Ben may be able to join us to answer all your questions - will keep you posted.

[nomorexcuses]

Random coincidence - I am reading this right now! Expected to hate him... bizarrely sort of don't. Can't wait for my first book club!

[Birdly]

DH loves this book, and on his suggestion I'm now reading it too. I'm up to the chapter on homoeopathy (the author is not a fan!).

Bearing in mind Ben's thoughts on the beauty industry, though, I think it might be a cynical ploy on the part of DH to wean me off Clarins and onto the considerably cheaper and less hyped Hydrobase.

Next time I get to a chemist, I'm planning to buy myself a vat of Hydrobase to see if it really and truly is as good as Clarins. It'll be like a Proper Scientific Experiment, so I hope Mr Goldacre will approve!

[JollyPirate]

Am waiting for my copy to arrive

[MaMight]

Oh brilliant. I hae just finished this. One of those books that alters how you think about things. Will follow this thread.

[JollyPirate]

Am longing to see what Ben has to say about Fish Oils given that I am taking part in the MN trial (not that DS will take the stuff after just ONE dose and tis me forcing it down).

[Finbar]

I loved this book - and can now walk past vitamins and fish oils with my head held high. Three cheers for proper science!

[choosyfloosy]

Magnificent choice!

[RubberDuck]

applaud

Yes please for a webchat. I heard Ben speak at TAM London last year and he was AWESOME.

[franke]

I suspect the 'staggering 50 votes' came mostly from folk on the badscience.net forum who got wind of this vote when one of them came over here trolling a few weeks ago. Maybe they think that all us humanities graduate, woo-loving, anti-vax yummy mummies need educating.

[SPBInDisguise]

oooh can i join in?
read this ages ago but will re read for then

[butadream]

Can Ben come for a webchat please?

[probonbon]

not only trolling, but urging others on the BS forum to come and have fun at the "mentalist" goings on. He / she was given a rough ride in both places . So they can't all be ghastly.

[Spidermama]

I'm not a fan of Goldacre. Disappointing to see his name all over MN all the time.

[probonbon]

I think he's a great hero of the left. Maybe that's why.

[WingedVictory]

He's brilliant, and very funny! I can see how his style might annoy, but, personally, I find it very appealing.

[RunLyraRun]

Ooh very exciting if we could get BG on here for chat. I agree with almost everything he says, which is entirely unconnected to the fact that I think he's quite dishy

[probonbon]

[GrimmaTheNome]

Birdly, it'll only be a proper experiment if you use Clarins on one half of your face and the hydrobase on the other.

I've not done book club before, might decide to join ...

[pippibluestocking]

Spidermama - Are you a homeopath by any chance? What is there about BG not to like?

[SchrodingersSexKitten]

franke links to both the mn thread and the one on BS, please! Can't find either
[wanders away, muttering to oneself]

[franke]

Schrodinger - Wakefield thread here.. The bs thread is linked to on the Wakefield thread. I suspect the bs troll was a bs regular poster who name-changed for the purpose of coming over here - the moderator on that forum seemed un-fazed by the trolling but more interested in the book vote going on here iyswim.

[probonbon]

come and troll among people with sick children you fun Bad Science guys

Franke I just did that to make it a bit easier because the thread is now 11 pages.

Thanks for linking, I looked myself but couldn't find. I note there've been more useful links added.

[bruxeur]

What a useful contribution to the thread!

Thank you bonbon.