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Ben Goldacre, an Uncommon card
Ben Michael Goldacre is a British physician, academic and science writer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 26,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Ben Goldacre quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ben Goldacre card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is a founder of the ______ campaign and OpenTrials, aiming to require open science practices in clinical trials.
Answer
AllTrials. He is a founder of the AllTrials campaign and OpenTrials, aiming to require open science practices in clinical trials. From the Ben Goldacre article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Roberto Merhi. Roberto Merhi 83 · New Mexico's 1st congressional district 77 · Ben Goldacre 74 · Sherman Fairchild 68 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is the first Bennett Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine and director of the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science at the University of Oxford.
- He is a founder of the AllTrials campaign and OpenTrials, aiming to require open science practices in clinical trials.
- Goldacre is known in particular for his Bad Science column in The Guardian, which he wrote between 2003 and 2011, and is the author of four books: Bad Science, a critique of irrationality and certain forms of alternative medicine, Bad Pharma, an examination of the pharmaceutical industry, its publishing and marketing practices, and its relationship with the medical profession, I Think You'll Find…
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ben Goldacre article was read about 26,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Ben Goldacre
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ben Goldacre (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gaius Cornelius, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
