Promises made by researchers to participants to elicit the truth may not be worth the paper their written on if the courts can bulldoze though them.
- Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, Australian National University
The Antill 7: On belief
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Four stories on belief: from the allure of cults and conspiracy theories, to the effect of trauma on faith, to the way dogma has influenced science – and if technology can actually shift our beliefs.
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According to Atul Gawande medicine lies at “the messy intersection of science and human fallibility”. Named as one of the world’s most influential thinkers by Time in 2010, Gawande is a world renowned…
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