Comments on: Where Darwin Beats Einstein: The Scientific Fame Meter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/02/07/where-darwin-beats-einstein-the-scientific-fame-meter/ 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: Matt B. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/02/07/where-darwin-beats-einstein-the-scientific-fame-meter/#comment-88015 Matt B. Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:10:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=15809#comment-88015 The problem with this is that the books are not weighted by how often they are read, so all it shows is how famous scientists are among writers. The problem with this is that the books are not weighted by how often they are read, so all it shows is how famous scientists are among writers.

]]> By: Gaglyle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/02/07/where-darwin-beats-einstein-the-scientific-fame-meter/#comment-88004 Gaglyle Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:21:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=15809#comment-88004 Yeah but Moe doesn't call Larry Darwin he calls him Einstein Yeah but Moe doesn’t call Larry Darwin he calls him Einstein

]]> By: Ellen K. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/02/07/where-darwin-beats-einstein-the-scientific-fame-meter/#comment-87986 Ellen K. Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:09:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=15809#comment-87986 Of course the results are vastly different -- Darwin and Einstein, after all, aren't living scientists. The two results are not inconsistent with each other. While I agree that the method is flawed, comparing it to a poll asking people to name living scientists d0esn't prove it. Of course the results are vastly different — Darwin and Einstein, after all, aren’t living scientists. The two results are not inconsistent with each other. While I agree that the method is flawed, comparing it to a poll asking people to name living scientists d0esn’t prove it.

]]> By: Lilian Nattel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/02/07/where-darwin-beats-einstein-the-scientific-fame-meter/#comment-87985 Lilian Nattel Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:00:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=15809#comment-87985 Being despised is not a contradiction to fame, though perhaps infamous would be a more accurate term for connotation. But bottom line, I agree that more people have heard of Darwin because of the (American) controversy. Being despised is not a contradiction to fame, though perhaps infamous would be a more accurate term for connotation. But bottom line, I agree that more people have heard of Darwin because of the (American) controversy.

]]> By: Chris Mooney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/02/07/where-darwin-beats-einstein-the-scientific-fame-meter/#comment-87978 Chris Mooney Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:38:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=15809#comment-87978 Agreed. I posted a few years back about this survey, trying to get Americans to name a living scientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/04/how-many-of-us-know-a-living-scientist/ http://newvoicesforresearch.blogspot.com/2009/07/can-you-name-living-scientist.html Most could not. Hawking was the most common right answer....click for full results. They're vastly different from the results above, although one clear reason is that the fame meter discussed here does not distinguish between living/dead. Agreed. I posted a few years back about this survey, trying to get Americans to name a living scientist
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/04/how-many-of-us-know-a-living-scientist/
http://newvoicesforresearch.blogspot.com/2009/07/can-you-name-living-scientist.html

Most could not. Hawking was the most common right answer….click for full results. They’re vastly different from the results above, although one clear reason is that the fame meter discussed here does not distinguish between living/dead.

]]> By: Michelle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/02/07/where-darwin-beats-einstein-the-scientific-fame-meter/#comment-87977 Michelle Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:33:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=15809#comment-87977 The method is flawed. Darwin appears a lot in books because he's so despised by those who do not believe in evolution, not because he is more famous than Einstein. A better method would have been a survey. The method is flawed. Darwin appears a lot in books because he’s so despised by those who do not believe in evolution, not because he is more famous than Einstein. A better method would have been a survey.

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