Wow, I lost to PZ again. You might think that this isn’t really about good science, but might just be a popularity contest.
Oh. Right.
At least he lost the Editors’ Choice.
Thanks for the votes, folks. I feel the lurv.
Oh– some other guy wrote about this too.
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Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He has written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic, and fights misuses of science as well as praising the wonder of real science.
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January 16th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
BA: we all win. Last year, this contest introduced me to PZ’s great blog, and I guess his readers were introduced to yours.
January 16th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
— I’m #2
I. Like. Phil. Must. Resist. Flushing. Joke.
(head explodes)
January 16th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
The only reason I read this blog is because I can’t remember the name of the winner.
January 16th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
BA, I enjoy your science writing more than PZ’s and find your blog much more informative. But PZ rants against religion, which is a guilty pleasure, like watching Dawson’s Creek and car crashes. I imagine many others feel the same way. Regardless, I thoroughly enjoy both blogs and I’m glad that I have two excellent blogs to choose from.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I voted for you Phil, but not enough times dammit.
Next year.
For what it’s worth, I think your blog is every bit as informative and educational as Randi’s, and I hope you never stop.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:06 am
There’s no shame in being second, and you don’t write to win prizes, do you?
Your blog is very informative and is read with pleasure (and sometimes amazement) here in Flanders (Europe).
Keep up the good work!
- Sereniteit -
Dutch translator of The Skeptic’s Dictionary (http://nederlands.skepdic.com)
January 17th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Don’t look at me. I read you, I link to you on the publicly-visible portion of my blogroll, and I recommend your (first) book to friends (and I offered to buy you a beer when you were in DC, but you didn’t take me up on it), but I don’t vote in referenda like these.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Phil, it may be of some consolation to know that I recently unsubscribed from PZ, as well as Aetiology and the blog about ethics in science (the name escapes me at the moment). Compared to PZ, you are a diplomat, and ranters get old even if you agree with them (I try to tell myself this when I write my own newsletter).
Also, they do their lead ins with more cuteness than concision. I need a summary that helps me decide if I want to open that particular story because I don’t have hours to spend on these subjects. Your lead ins could sometimes be better but they are generally fairly clear. And the three blogs that are now in my past had some kind of formatting problem where they ran off the side of the page, a frustrating problem that I don’t understand and which they wouldn’t address.
Keep up the good work and don’t worry about whether you are first or fiftieth. Don’t be a Boy Scout concerned with how many merit badges you have. Be concerned with the good you do and the growth you enjoy.
January 24th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
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