Bad Science
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Bad Science is a popular science book by physician and journalist Ben Goldacre that critically examines the misuse of scientific evidence in media, marketing, and alternative medicine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bad Science canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8030917 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bad Science Context triple: [Ben Goldacre, notableWork, Bad Science]
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A.
Science: Good, Bad and Bogus
Science: Good, Bad and Bogus is a collection of essays by Martin Gardner critically examining pseudoscience, fringe theories, and common scientific misconceptions.
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B.
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science is a classic skeptical book by Martin Gardner that critically examines pseudoscience, fringe theories, and popular scientific misconceptions.
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C.
Madd Scientist
Madd Scientist is a hip-hop music producer known for crafting beats and collaborating with underground rap artists.
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D.
The Life Scientific
The Life Scientific is a BBC Radio 4 interview series in which physicist Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life stories, research, and the impact of their work.
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E.
Betrayal of Science and Reason
Betrayal of Science and Reason is a non-fiction book co-authored by Anne H. Ehrlich and Paul R. Ehrlich that critiques pseudoscience and anti-environmental propaganda while defending the role of sound science in public policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bad Science Target entity description: Bad Science is a popular science book by physician and journalist Ben Goldacre that critically examines the misuse of scientific evidence in media, marketing, and alternative medicine.
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A.
Science: Good, Bad and Bogus
Science: Good, Bad and Bogus is a collection of essays by Martin Gardner critically examining pseudoscience, fringe theories, and common scientific misconceptions.
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B.
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science is a classic skeptical book by Martin Gardner that critically examines pseudoscience, fringe theories, and popular scientific misconceptions.
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C.
Madd Scientist
Madd Scientist is a hip-hop music producer known for crafting beats and collaborating with underground rap artists.
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D.
The Life Scientific
The Life Scientific is a BBC Radio 4 interview series in which physicist Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life stories, research, and the impact of their work.
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E.
Betrayal of Science and Reason
Betrayal of Science and Reason is a non-fiction book co-authored by Anne H. Ehrlich and Paul R. Ehrlich that critiques pseudoscience and anti-environmental propaganda while defending the role of sound science in public policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
expose misuse of scientific evidence
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improve public understanding of science ⓘ teach critical thinking about scientific claims ⓘ |
| author | Ben Goldacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ben Goldacre's newspaper columns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
lack of transparency in research
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media sensationalism about science ⓘ poorly designed clinical trials ⓘ unethical marketing of health products ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
importance of randomized controlled trials
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importance of statistical literacy ⓘ importance of systematic reviews ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
bad statistics in science reporting
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cherry-picking of evidence ⓘ conflicts of interest in research ⓘ detox products ⓘ homeopathy ⓘ misleading health claims in marketing ⓘ misrepresentation of science in the media ⓘ nutritionism and fad diets ⓘ placebo effect ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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popular science ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
journalist
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physician ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
evidence-based medicine
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scientific skepticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
alternative medicine
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clinical trials ⓘ misuse of scientific evidence ⓘ pharmaceutical industry ⓘ pseudoscience ⓘ science in the media ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessible explanations of statistics
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critique of alternative medicine ⓘ critique of science journalism ⓘ |
| publisher | Fourth Estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general public
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readers interested in medicine ⓘ readers interested in science ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bad Science Description of subject: Bad Science is a popular science book by physician and journalist Ben Goldacre that critically examines the misuse of scientific evidence in media, marketing, and alternative medicine.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.