Comments on: More Stupid Science Journalism http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/ We get only one. Wed, 16 May 2012 21:15:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Pneumatic fittings http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-1087 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:33:49 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-1087 Excellently written article, if only all bloggers offered the same content as you, the internet would be a much better place. Please keep it up! Excellently written article, if only all bloggers offered the same content as you, the internet would be a much better place. Please keep it up!

]]> by: Glynn http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-651 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:55:48 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-651 Yeah... you're talking about the very same media which is directly responsible for the massive decline in children getting measles, mumps and rubella vaccination, and therefore probably several deaths and numerous more unneccesary suffering. As yet very little in the way of retraction and putting-straight. (Much of) The rest of the British media is very full of crap. Too many newspapers suck... Yeah… you’re talking about the very same media which is directly responsible for the massive decline in children getting measles, mumps and rubella vaccination, and therefore probably several deaths and numerous more unneccesary suffering. As yet very little in the way of retraction and putting-straight. (Much of) The rest of the British media is very full of crap. Too many newspapers suck…

]]> by: Felicia Gilljam http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-631 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:15:31 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-631 Glynn - You realise that just makes it worse, right? If one of the BETTER newspapers does this? Glynn - You realise that just makes it worse, right? If one of the BETTER newspapers does this?

]]> by: Glynn http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-629 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:35:39 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-629 Also, the guardian (imo) is one of the better british newspapers in many ways. Eg. it hosts Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column, which is pure pedantic, scientific gold. Also, the guardian (imo) is one of the better british newspapers in many ways. Eg. it hosts Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science column, which is pure pedantic, scientific gold.

]]> by: Bob Churchill http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-628 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:24:50 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-628 I have now undertaken the necessary hatchet job. http://bob.seldo.com/?p=442 I have now undertaken the necessary hatchet job.
http://bob.seldo.com/?p=442

]]> by: Felicia Gilljam http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-627 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:23:55 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-627 Thanks Bob. I'm calm now! Thanks Bob. I’m calm now!

]]> by: Bob Churchill http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-626 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:14:10 +0000 http://lifebeforedeath.blogsome.com/2009/02/02/more-stupid-science-journalism/#comment-626 On behalf of the entire British people (what? what's wrong with that?) I offer our collective wholehearted apology and I bow our heads in shame. However... Remember that Theos is the same think-tank which told us last year that over 60% of Britons believed in the literal resurrection from the dead of Jesus of Nazareth... including many atheists?! That doesn't make sense, you may well point out, but Theos didn't even recognise the absurdity of this "conclusion". Because of the way the question was formed, what they had actually measured was more like whether people knew the Easter story or not. The point is that although I haven't read this new report yet, remember it's coming from a Christian think-tank with a very specific agenda whose track record at conducting and interpreting its own research is about as iffy as, well, asking someone what happened to Jesus on the third day and interpreting their knowledgeable answer as a signal of literal belief. On behalf of the entire British people (what? what’s wrong with that?) I offer our collective wholehearted apology and I bow our heads in shame.

However…

Remember that Theos is the same think-tank which told us last year that over 60% of Britons believed in the literal resurrection from the dead of Jesus of Nazareth… including many atheists?! That doesn’t make sense, you may well point out, but Theos didn’t even recognise the absurdity of this “conclusion”. Because of the way the question was formed, what they had actually measured was more like whether people knew the Easter story or not. The point is that although I haven’t read this new report yet, remember it’s coming from a Christian think-tank with a very specific agenda whose track record at conducting and interpreting its own research is about as iffy as, well, asking someone what happened to Jesus on the third day and interpreting their knowledgeable answer as a signal of literal belief.

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