tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42098146913578884702024-09-04T15:41:34.298+01:00FlammableFlowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247936323360986736noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209814691357888470.post-21947321700852015552007-09-21T16:22:00.001+01:002007-09-21T16:38:12.995+01:00Here's the <a href="http://www.badscience.net/">site</a> that got me interested in (combating) bad science, especially the <a href="http://www.badscience.net/forum">forum.</a><br /><br />It's a fairly lively debate on people using dubious science for political or commercial gain, or in the media to create/back up stories.<br /><br />Ben Goldacre's style is fairly laid back, usually with a humorous sideways take on his subjects.<br /><br />Originally, I used to get really wound up reading really bad articles in the newspapers or coming across products for sale using appallingly mangled/made up science to try and sell them. Pretty much along the snake-oil seller tradition of old, it seems things haven't changed much. Then I discovered there are a lot of people who are fairly similarly-minded...FlammableFlowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247936323360986736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209814691357888470.post-20187263093152824442007-09-21T16:22:00.000+01:002007-09-21T16:26:48.472+01:00FlammableFlowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247936323360986736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209814691357888470.post-28292034951260077762007-09-21T11:48:00.000+01:002007-09-21T11:49:43.043+01:00Here kicks off my first foray into blogging. I have no idea how it will pan out...FlammableFlowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247936323360986736noreply@blogger.com2