Comments on: Harvard Kennedy School Write-Up of Science Blogging Event http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/05/06/harvard-kennedy-school-write-up-of-science-blogging-event/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: moptop http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/05/06/harvard-kennedy-school-write-up-of-science-blogging-event/#comment-57652 moptop Thu, 06 May 2010 19:28:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=8341#comment-57652 "maybe even a system of independent ratings of the reliability of science blogs,” Ohh Kaay... Who will nominate themselves for gatekeeper? Not someone disinterested, I am willing to bet. William Connelly? The way to handle false information is to refute it. Once you have won over all of your adversaries with an IQ above room temperature, the rest will follow. The way not to handle it is the ban all commenters who raise a particular issue. “maybe even a system of independent ratings of the reliability of science blogs,” Ohh Kaay… Who will nominate themselves for gatekeeper? Not someone disinterested, I am willing to bet. William Connelly?

The way to handle false information is to refute it. Once you have won over all of your adversaries with an IQ above room temperature, the rest will follow. The way not to handle it is the ban all commenters who raise a particular issue.

]]> By: Gaythia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/05/06/harvard-kennedy-school-write-up-of-science-blogging-event/#comment-57645 Gaythia Thu, 06 May 2010 18:09:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=8341#comment-57645 Democracy in practice often includes the maintenance of privacy of opinion. The secret ballot is an example of this. Democracy in practice often includes the maintenance of privacy of opinion. The secret ballot is an example of this.

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