"Ask for Evidence: Why So Much of What We're Told is Wrong" Nick Ross

Abstract: We like to believe we are rational. But we are descendants of apes not of angels. We have visceral fears and cling to beliefs. The result is that most public policy is based on assertion and popular narrative, not scientific evidence. Billions are wasted, millions suffer needlessly, and all of us are duped. Nick Ross compares the ‘hysteria’ over Fukushima (‘death rate, zero’) with entrenched acceptance of other misguided policies over road accidents, crime and the long history of medicine which for most of its existence ‘killed its patients or just kept them amused while they either got better or died’.

Profile: UK radio and television presenter across a wide range of factual programmes, best known for hosting the BBC TV show Crimewatch.

Language: English (No Japanese interpretation)