Comments on: I've got your missing links right here (10 November 2012)

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:40:01 +0000

As always: Awesome list!

But defending offspring is called trolling now?

By: Ed Yong

Ed Yong — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:25:24 +0000

Thanks man. For everyone else’s benefit, I’ve clarified this with Dr Psyphago via email.

By: Dr Psyphago

Dr Psyphago — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:45:16 +0000

As has been clarified on The Twitterz, Dr. Psyphago knows the original writer very well indeed. As per your suggestions, he has added an explicit link to the original.

By: Ed Yong

Ed Yong — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:48:51 +0000

Well that’s f**king shameful. I’ve deleted the link, and tweeted about the plagiarism. Thanks for letting me know Sander.

Update: Apparently, someone who knows the guy claims it’s the same person writing on both sites, using a pseudonym for one of them. Going to let the deletion stand for now.

By: Sander

Sander — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:38:33 +0000

The entry ‘Gene for poor science journalism discovered’ on the Collectively Unconscious blog is simply a translation from a Dutch news parody webpage, from July 2011, see

http://www.speld.nl/2011/07/09/gen-voor-slechte-wetenschapsjournalistiek-gevonden/

Collectively Unconscious presents this as ‘new’, no source is given.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:10:12 +0000

Great list as always – thank-you!

The flesh-eating beetles link is dead, but this one works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–AT2j3YCu8

When’s the next editions of the NERS book coming out? An illustrated version would be brilliant – I’d buy it as gifts.

Stephen

By: John Platt

John Platt — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:45:07 +0000

That “Ebola found in orangutans” story isn’t true: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/11/06/your-letters-no-evidence-ebola-orangutans.html