Data Is The Fabric Of The Modern

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.

Positive Findings Are Around Twice As Likely To Be Published As Negative Findings. This Is A Cancer At The Core Of Evidence-based Medicine.

Teaching Needs An Ecosystem That Supports Evidence-based Practice. It Will Need Better Systems To Disseminate The Results Of Research More Widely, But Also A Better Understanding Of Research, So That Teachers Can Be Critical Consumers Of Evidence.

Data Is The Fabric Of The Modern World: Just Like We Walk Down Pavements, So We Trace Routes Through Data, And Build Knowledge And Products Out Of It.

Science Has Authority Not Because Of White Coats Or Titles, But Because Of Precision And Transparency: You Explain Your Theory, Set Out Your Evidence, And Reference The Studies That Support Your Case.