About the author
Geek and nerd Joe D has in the past studied genetics, molecular and cell biology, worked in cancer research, and made contemptuous amounts of money from incompetently composed photographs. The views expressed on this weblog are not his own; rather, he stole them from you through mind invasion.
Tag Archives: science
Journalology: What is the scientific paper?
A year ago, the discussions at the Science Online conference inspired me to explore the question “what is the scientific paper?” — and specifically, what is wrong with the scientific paper and what its future might be. In time for … Continue reading
Did Darwin Kill God?
This is another archival repost from the old blog — this time from april 2009. I found on the iPlayer the latest in BBC2′s series of Darwin documentaries, Did Darwin Kill God? This is theologian Conor Cunningham’s attempt reconcile science … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, creationism, evolution, memetics, religion, reviews, science, television
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Review: The Selfish Genius
This was originally written a year ago on a now disused blog. I’m reposting it here because I enjoyed writing it so much that I wouldn’t want it to disappear. People love a good argument with Richard Dawkins. So many … Continue reading
Church leader declares crackpot ideas, gets free air time
This is another archival repost from the old blog — this one from March 2008. Wow, a slow news day, eh? The BBC, shunning predictable Chinese military aggression, another turn of the tides in Iraq, and yet more boring news … Continue reading
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Tagged bad arguments, badjournalism, catholic church, hybrid embryos, keith o-brien, politics, radio 4, religion, science
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Sir David was wrong
Another in the ongoing project to archive posts from an old blog – this one from february 2009. Not in the television programme — well, I don’t know, I haven’t seen it yet due to pesky tennis fans capturing the … Continue reading
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Tagged bad arguments, biology, darwin200, david attenborough, evolution, genetics, human evolution, science
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Journalology: Incentivising academic fraud
Over at Journalology I discuss the issue of academic fraud in China, again. Academic fraud is an issue that few take seriously enough anywhere, and while China has a particularly big fraud problem, I worry that people allow that to … Continue reading
Evelyn Fox Keller on genes, evolution, and epigenetics
This is another archival repost from the old blog, first published way back in March 2008. I’ve been following CBC’s How To Think About Science series, and caught the Evelyn Fox Keller episode the other day. It was interesting, but … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, cell biology, cell signalling, dna repair, epigenetics, evelyn fox keller, evolution, genetics, molecular biology, mutation, science
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Help! Help! I’m being repressed
(This is another archival repost of something written on the old blog a few years ago.) I’ve been catching up with about a month of blogosphere this weekend, after travelling, and other distractions. I managed to catch a discarded copy … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative medicine, badscience, ben goldacre, homeopathy, homophobia, medicine, politics, pseudoscience, rustum roy, science, the guardian
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Lay Science: The Way The World Is
I’ve posted a quick review of The Way The World Is, physicist-vicar John Polkinghorne’s attempt at explaining to other scientists why he is a Christian. It’s a tedious and embarrassing piece of work. The book, that is. The post, I … Continue reading
Posted in lay science
Tagged books, epistemology, john polkinghorne, philosophy of science, religion, reviews, science, skepticism
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Journalology: Against green open access
Every time I blog about the future of science publishing and the opportunities for radical changes to the way science is conducted and disseminated, somebody comes along and leaves a comment telling me that the state of science publishing is … Continue reading
Lay Science: Further research is necessary
The paper that initiated the great MMR hoax has been thoroughly discredited and retracted by the journal that published it, but the anti-vaxxers still claim — and hoodwink some parents — that more research is required to establish whether or … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative medicine, bad arguments, badscience, logical fallacies, philosophy of science, science, skepticism
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Lay Science: Lies, damned lies, and tissue culture
Skepticism is about critical thinking and knowing how to avoid being fooled by charlatans and the honest but mistaken. Over at Lay Science I explain one way that you can get fooled: by people citing the activities of cells in … Continue reading
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Tagged badscience, biology, cancer, cell biology, hiv, medicine, molecular biology, science, skepticism, tissue culture
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