Goldacre is quite amusing and has some good things to say, but he's SUCH a drama queen. So sarky in a 'how could anyone think such a thing, they are all SUCH IDIOTS and don't deserve to live!' kind of way.

The other day there was some news story that mentioned him in a manner he thought incorrect, so he posted a comment correction: when the comment had not been published only a few hours later he threw a hissy fit on his blog. Unimpressive in a man that wants people to check references and validate their views, I thought (particularly as the comment was eventually published in what seemed like an entirely reasonable timescale...)

There are some podcasts somewhere of his stuff on placebos they are quite interesting.