I've been nominated for a Koufax award best single issue blog over at Wampum. They have me listed under the issue "Australian politics", which isn't close to being correct. I want to correct them, but how would you describe the issue that this blog is mainly about? "Junk science" would sort of cover it if the term hadn't been stolen by Steve Milloy. Any ideas?
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The Wampum nominations for Best Expert Blog are up…and Pharyngula is among them. The coolest thing, though: about 20% of the nominees are science blogs!
You all know about the Koufax awards, the best weblog awards around because they're non-commercial, non-weird, and sincerely try to reward the best of the progressive blogosphere (I don't just say that because
I'm late. Wampum's opened voting for the 2005 Koufax awards.
Pharyngula is in the semi-finals for another: Best Single Issue Blog. I wonder what that single issue is?
Tim's blog raison d' etre: Contrascientist B.S. uncoverage. Is that a category?
Keep up the fine work, sir.
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How about "junk science junk"? :)
how about: Kicking John Lott's butt, and some other stuff.
Tim,   How about "Science and Policy Making Issues", or something like that?
How about "Voodoo Science"? It's the title of physicist Robert Park's demolition of what would otherwise be called "junk science," if Milloy's gang weren't squatting on the term.
how about "an occasional history of fibbery"?
Bullshit (not yours, but other people's).
Bullshit (not yours, but other people's).
Anti-stupidity?
scientific charlatans and snake oil salesmen?
or
statistical fraud and scientific dishonesty?
or
sleazy scientists and the corporations that fund them?
try:truth in science
An investigation of corporate sponsored scientific skepticism and its attacks on mainstream science?
Uncovering the mistakes of Fringe Science
"Bullshit buster"?
"That's Stats!"
"Unspinning the numbers"
"Statistics, damned statistics and lies."
or currently
"Sinking Hissink"
The Gunk Science Home Sage
I think you should just call it "Junk Science". Why should Milloy have a monopoly on the phrase? Win it back for the good guys!
I second Dano's proposal - "Contrascientist" has a nice stinging snap to it.
You all know who you are...