Quotes by Michael Specter

About Michael Specter:

Michael Specter is an American journalist who has been a staff writer, focusing on science and technology, and global public health at The New Yorker since September 1998. He has also written for The Washington Post and The New York Times.
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Newspapers and magazines are vanishing. But science writers are not. In fact, they are becoming so adept and varied that I hardly have time to read 'Gawker' anymore.

Michael Specter

There is a major problem with reliance on placebos, like most vitamins and antioxidants. Everyone gets upset about Big Science, Big Pharma, but they love Big Placebo.

Michael Specter

One morning every spring, for exactly two minutes, Israel comes to a stop. Pedestrians stand in place, drivers pull over to the side of the road, and nobody speaks, sings, eats, or drinks as the nation pays respect to the victims of the Nazi genocide...

Michael Specter

Many of the most eloquent people I have ever met work in lab coats every day.

Michael Specter

Author Bio

  • NameMichael Specter
  • Descriptionjournalist
  • Born1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist