Comments on: Sciblogging: they blinded me with science http://hot-topic.co.nz/sciblogging-they-blinded-me-with-science/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sciblogging-they-blinded-me-with-science Global warming and the future of New Zealand Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Gareth http://hot-topic.co.nz/sciblogging-they-blinded-me-with-science/comment-page-1/#comment-7297 Gareth Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:55:06 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=3149#comment-7297 No worries. Common mistake. At that time, Oxford didn't do BSc or MSc degrees. Tradition. You could be Stephen Hawking and still be an MA. Subject was Human Sciences, aka "the scientific study of man", so life science based, with a dash of sociology, anthropology, ethology, and demography thrown in for good measure. No worries. Common mistake. At that time, Oxford didn’t do BSc or MSc degrees. Tradition. You could be Stephen Hawking and still be an MA. Subject was Human Sciences, aka “the scientific study of man”, so life science based, with a dash of sociology, anthropology, ethology, and demography thrown in for good measure.

]]> By: R2D2 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sciblogging-they-blinded-me-with-science/comment-page-1/#comment-7296 R2D2 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:19:32 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=3149#comment-7296 'Gareth Renowden (MA Oxon) is the author of the award-winning The Truffle Book (Limestone Hills 2005), The Olive Book (Canterbury University Press 1999) and Video – The Inside Story (Collins (UK) 1983). He has written for and worked on a wide variety of magazines and newspapers in Britain, NZ and the US. He is trying to grow truffles, olives and grapes on a small farm in North Canterbury, and is immediate past president of the NZ Truffle Association. He is a member of the committee of the NZ Meteorological Society, deputy chair of the North Canterbury Radio Trust, and a founder member of the Waipara River Protection Group.' What was the degree? I thought an MA was a master of arts but i guess the under grad degree could have been science. Anyhow I don't think science background is a prerequisite to have an opinion so it was a cheap dig and I shouldn't have said it. Apologised and withdrawn. ‘Gareth Renowden (MA Oxon) is the author of the award-winning The Truffle Book (Limestone Hills 2005), The Olive Book (Canterbury University Press 1999) and Video – The Inside Story (Collins (UK) 1983). He has written for and worked on a wide variety of magazines and newspapers in Britain, NZ and the US. He is trying to grow truffles, olives and grapes on a small farm in North Canterbury, and is immediate past president of the NZ Truffle Association. He is a member of the committee of the NZ Meteorological Society, deputy chair of the North Canterbury Radio Trust, and a founder member of the Waipara River Protection Group.’

What was the degree? I thought an MA was a master of arts but i guess the under grad degree could have been science. Anyhow I don’t think science background is a prerequisite to have an opinion so it was a cheap dig and I shouldn’t have said it. Apologised and withdrawn.

]]> By: Gareth http://hot-topic.co.nz/sciblogging-they-blinded-me-with-science/comment-page-1/#comment-7294 Gareth Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:51:59 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=3149#comment-7294 Actually I do have a science background: a science degree. I've never worked as a scientist, but I've written about science and technology for most of my working life, and have worked with scientists a lot over the last ten years. Actually I do have a science background: a science degree. I’ve never worked as a scientist, but I’ve written about science and technology for most of my working life, and have worked with scientists a lot over the last ten years.

]]> By: R2D2 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sciblogging-they-blinded-me-with-science/comment-page-1/#comment-7293 R2D2 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:44:11 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=3149#comment-7293 Don't worry Gareth doesn't have science background either and he isn't ashamed to claim to be an expert. All that aside the website seems pretty good. Don’t worry Gareth doesn’t have science background either and he isn’t ashamed to claim to be an expert.

All that aside the website seems pretty good.

]]> By: Gareth http://hot-topic.co.nz/sciblogging-they-blinded-me-with-science/comment-page-1/#comment-7258 Gareth Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:05:23 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=3149#comment-7258 Sciblogs is a bit more than just an aggregator, Sam. They are hosting blogs too (Wordpress MU) -- and encouraging new bloggers to use their platform (like Andy Reisinger). I could have shifted HT over to their servers completely, but prefer the flexibility of what I can do with my own set-up. I'm still hoping that there might be seamless comment sync, perhaps using Intense Debate (now part of the WP universe)... but I'm not holding my breath. In the meantime, I'll be watching the stats with interest. Sciblogs is a bit more than just an aggregator, Sam. They are hosting blogs too (WordPress MU) — and encouraging new bloggers to use their platform (like Andy Reisinger). I could have shifted HT over to their servers completely, but prefer the flexibility of what I can do with my own set-up.

I’m still hoping that there might be seamless comment sync, perhaps using Intense Debate (now part of the WP universe)… but I’m not holding my breath.

In the meantime, I’ll be watching the stats with interest.

]]> By: samv http://hot-topic.co.nz/sciblogging-they-blinded-me-with-science/comment-page-1/#comment-7239 samv Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:47:51 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=3149#comment-7239 Hmm normally blogs which aggregate posts from related blogs are called Planet sites - see http://www.planetplanet.org/ - syncing comments is therefore not part of the design with that. I look forward to following it! Hmm normally blogs which aggregate posts from related blogs are called Planet sites – see http://www.planetplanet.org/ – syncing comments is therefore not part of the design with that.

I look forward to following it!

]]> By: fragment http://hot-topic.co.nz/sciblogging-they-blinded-me-with-science/comment-page-1/#comment-7234 fragment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:39:26 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=3149#comment-7234 Looks like a great site. Thanks for the heads up! Looks like a great site. Thanks for the heads up!

]]> By: Bryan Walker http://hot-topic.co.nz/sciblogging-they-blinded-me-with-science/comment-page-1/#comment-7233 Bryan Walker Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:28:22 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=3149#comment-7233 It's good to see Hot Topic taking a deserved place among scientists "who want to reach out to a general audience to explain their science and how it relates to society". Climate science, which Gareth's book and website communicate to that general audience, relates to society with awful immediacy. Personally, as very definitely a non-scientist I feel a little odd about my posts appearing in such a setting, but take comfort from the fact that I do belong to the general audience part of the equation and recognise that it is science which has provided us with an understanding of the danger in which we stand. It’s good to see Hot Topic taking a deserved place among scientists “who want to reach out to a general audience to explain their science and how it relates to society”. Climate science, which Gareth’s book and website communicate to that general audience, relates to society with awful immediacy.

Personally, as very definitely a non-scientist I feel a little odd about my posts appearing in such a setting, but take comfort from the fact that I do belong to the general audience part of the equation and recognise that it is science which has provided us with an understanding of the danger in which we stand.

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