The mega-project, unleashed!
October 10th, 2007
Finally, after months of sweat and tears and secret taping, lawyers, career shifts, late nights, a cast of thousands (well, dozens) and lots of writing, the mega-project is finished. Behold, There Goes the Science Bit…
From food that doesn’t contain chemicals to a spray that shields against EMF, young scientists have been contacting organisations – manufacturers, distributors, retailers – to ask for more evidence for such claims. This is their dossier of extracts from their experiences.
The Voice of Young Science network hope their work will encourage more people from all walks of life to question claims and ask for evidence.
See, it’s like a big version of the SciencePunk letters, only with loads of Science Punks, plus it’s been through the lawyers so I definitely won’t get sued! You can download a .pdf version of the document here. The Guardian have already written about it here. New Scientist and Sky News will be covering it, plus some other cats.
It’s also different because this is the first time I got paid to take on bad science. In case you hadn’t read my bio, I’m now in the pay of Sense About Science - media agitators / science punks / industry stooges / pro-GM lobbyists / anti-environmentalists / left-wing rightists / Commie bastards depending on who you ask. We all wear red berets in the office and run a collectivist approach to stationery.
Anyway, back to the point. It’s done. I’m happy.
Entry Filed under: General
|
|
|
|
8 Comments Add your own
1. Ian | October 10th, 2007 at 11:45 am
A sterling effort old chap. I knew you’d prosper.
2. manigen | October 10th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
A very good read - it’s only a shame that it didn’t go on longer. One questions though: On page 10 you have a quote from “Amelia Lake, Nutritionist”, who I assume is the same Amelia lake as http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medi/staff/profile/amelia.lake the dietician.
Given all the rampant abuse of the term nutritionist, wouldn’t it have been better to describe her as a dietician? Is that how she describes herself or were you concerned that some readers wouldn’t know what dietician meant?
3. coracle | October 10th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Great stuff, looking forward to reading it. Quick question, are the hard-copies free or do we need to make a contribution?
4. Frank the SciencePunk | October 11th, 2007 at 9:17 am
manigen:
an interesting point I’d like to discuss but preciously short on time at the moment. In a nutshell, I don’t think we should shy away from “nutritionist” - we should protect its original meaning.
coracle:
Completely free - paying for property is a filthy bourgeois concept, comrade.
5. Abel Pharmboy | October 13th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
A fantastic effort - kudos to Frank and the entire team!
And many thanks for making it free - how can we donate to Sense About Science?
6. Frank the SciencePunk | October 14th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Donations can be made via this page, and will help keep your favourite sciencepunk employed!
7. Danny | October 18th, 2007 at 9:41 am
Excellent stuff. Congrats to everyone involved.
8. Cunningham | October 25th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Fantastic.Well done.
Leave a Comment
Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed