Comments on: Huffington Post adds science section http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 17:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Stephen Rice http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1313419 Stephen Rice Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1313419 If that's off the top of your head that must be because the water in your brain remembered how homeopathy works. If that’s off the top of your head that must be because the water in your brain remembered how homeopathy works.

]]> By: Stephen Rice http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1313415 Stephen Rice Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1313415 Lobster has it the right way around. It's not science that's been "diluted", it's just crazy made up stuff that may or may not borrow from science to make itself look more plausible (eg. "crystals can heal you because of quantum energy fields" sounds more workable to modern listeners than "magic rocks"). Lobster has it the right way around. It’s not science that’s been “diluted”, it’s just crazy made up stuff that may or may not borrow from science to make itself look more plausible (eg. “crystals can heal you because of quantum energy fields” sounds more workable to modern listeners than “magic rocks”).

]]> By: Stephen Rice http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1313409 Stephen Rice Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1313409 Challenge accepted Challenge accepted

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1313157 niktemadur Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1313157 Maybe the same people who get their history from the History Channel. A shame, really, because the Huffington Post could have been so much more, at the beginning I thought it would be an anti-Drudge Report, instead it's just a mirror image, give or take. Maybe the same people who get their history from the History Channel.

A shame, really, because the Huffington Post could have been so much more, at the beginning I thought it would be an anti-Drudge Report, instead it’s just a mirror image, give or take.

]]> By: travtastic http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312844 travtastic Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312844 I'll finally be able to publish my thesis on the connection between vaccines and brain worms. I bet they won't pay me either! I’ll finally be able to publish my thesis on the connection between vaccines and brain worms. I bet they won’t pay me either!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312785 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312785 I e-mailed this to Maggie last night with the subject line <i>God have mercy</i>. I e-mailed this to Maggie last night with the subject line God have mercy.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312747 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312747 <blockquote>HuffPo could hardly get worse on science...</blockquote>Is that a dare?

HuffPo could hardly get worse on science…

Is that a dare?

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312733 digi_owl Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312733 So in essence, intelligent design. So in essence, intelligent design.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312703 Guest Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312703 Totally. Science diluted by superstition. Totally. Science diluted by superstition.

]]> By: greebo http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312577 greebo Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312577 Predictably, PZ Myers says it will all end badly: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/07/a_science_section_on_huffpo_sw.php Predictably, PZ Myers says it will all end badly:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/07/a_science_section_on_huffpo_sw.php

]]> By: oldtaku http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312556 oldtaku Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312556 First up, the science of why homeopathy works! It's all the quantums resonating in the crystal energy fields imprinting on the water's ethical compass. I just vomited that out off the top of my head, but Poe's Law applies here.   First up, the science of why homeopathy works! It’s all the quantums resonating in the crystal energy fields imprinting on the water’s ethical compass. I just vomited that out off the top of my head, but Poe’s Law applies here.
 

]]> By: phil koltko http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312454 phil koltko Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312454 Judging by HuffPo's other forays, it'll be a combination of woo, press releases and real tidbits that BoingBoing linked to days before... Judging by HuffPo’s other forays, it’ll be a combination of woo, press releases and real tidbits that BoingBoing linked to days before…

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312443 Lobster Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312443 Oh FFS... Oh FFS…

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312441 Lobster Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312441 Woo is superstition presented as science, usually with a healthy dose of conspiracy theory to explain why mainstream science labels it superstition. Woo is superstition presented as science, usually with a healthy dose of conspiracy theory to explain why mainstream science labels it superstition.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312438 Lobster Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312438 It'll either clean up their woo, or codify it. It’ll either clean up their woo, or codify it.

]]> By: lafave http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312409 lafave Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312409 I judge people who get their news from HuffPo I judge people who get their news from HuffPo

]]> By: Mujokan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312396 Mujokan Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312396 I don't either, but a search immediately spat out articles like this, which are complete BS. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-baksa/who-is-god-can-he-be-expl_b_894003.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-lanza/before-big-bang_b_1171469.html I don’t either, but a search immediately spat out articles like this, which are complete BS.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-baksa/who-is-god-can-he-be-expl_b_894003.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-lanza/before-big-bang_b_1171469.html

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312385 Noctilucent Studios Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312385 I don't really follow HuffPost...what would be considered "woo" science? I don’t really follow HuffPost…what would be considered “woo” science?

]]> By: Dustin Parsons http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312387 Dustin Parsons Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312387 What is a "Huffington Post" anyway? It sounds more like an architectural element than a news source. Huffpo is more like a megablog than an actual news source, and until now the accuracy of their science reporting has been abysmal. I hope this hiring will help rather than just lending credibility. What is a “Huffington Post” anyway? It sounds more like an architectural element than a news source. Huffpo is more like a megablog than an actual news source, and until now the accuracy of their science reporting has been abysmal. I hope this hiring will help rather than just lending credibility.

]]> By: Ryan David Jahn http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312363 Ryan David Jahn Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312363 HuffPo could hardly get worse on science, so almost any step would have to be a step in the right direction, but this piece Freeman wrote for Men's Health -- the first piece of his writing I found -- doesn't exactly fill me with hope: http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/cancer_fighting_foods/printer.php HuffPo could hardly get worse on science, so almost any step would have to be a step in the right direction, but this piece Freeman wrote for Men’s Health — the first piece of his writing I found — doesn’t exactly fill me with hope: http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/cancer_fighting_foods/printer.php

]]> By: Mike Adamson http://boingboing.net/2012/01/06/huffington-post-adds-science-s.html#comment-1312347 Mike Adamson Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137639#comment-1312347 "woo-filled"...as in pitching woo? “woo-filled”…as in pitching woo?

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