Do police patrols reduce crime? Do welfare programs help the poor? Do smaller classes aid learning? Do smartphones harm teenagers?
Today, more and more people around the globe are using scientific evidence to figure out what works - in health, government, and business, as well as conservation, schools, and parenting. This wasn鈥檛 always the case.
For many years, most medical advice was based on doctors鈥� opinions and conventional wisdom, not solid science. Evidence-based medicine swept the world in the 1990s, becoming the predominant form of medicine practiced today, and the idea that evidence can guide decisions is quietly transforming a host of other fields as well.
Join Helen Pearson as she discusses her new book, Beyond Belief, and underscores the importance of evidence in all facets of our lives, especially in a time when science is under attack and questionable claims run rampant.