I was rather surprised when this item of note was pointed out to me a few days ago.
See the list at The Times Online. They write:
Whether you are new to blogs or a practised poster, Eureka’s Top 30 Science Blogs will not disappoint. After much heated debate, the Eureka team have picked 30 of their favourite science, environment, health and technology blogs. If you want to know more about the latest NHS catastrophe or climate change scandal, someone on our list will have it covered.
It seems WUWT’s inclusion has prompted quite a bit of derision by people who think WUWT should not be included. I understand that for some people, challenging scientific consensus on climate change is a basis to claim that this blog is “anti-scientific”.
I don’t worry about such labels, because science is supposed to be all about challenges. Science through history has remade itself in the face of challenges to the prevailing consensus. Earth centered universe, plate tectonics, and the cause of stomach ulcers were all arguments related to challenging consensus. Given what we’ve observed going on with Climategate these past few months, it appears that we are witnessing another case of challenges to consensus remaking science. It’s always a nasty business when closely held beliefs are challenged, so invective right now should be considered a feature, and not a bug in the process.
I did get a chuckle though from a response posted by another blog honored on the list.
by Tim Lambert
Stimulating musings on the environment and the social implications of science, though Lambert’s background is actually in computing.
He wrote of his own blog’s inclusion:
If they are going to include my blog on their list of the top 30 science blogs, I can’t help but link to them. There are some good blogs on their list which is only marred by the inclusion of Anthony Watts’ anti-science blog.
Heh. I’ll simply offer my congratulations to Mr. Lambert, and to the other blogs on the list. I’ll also wish Mr. Lambert well in his upcoming debate with Lord Monckton. That should be interesting and fun to watch, no matter what side of consensus you live on.
Congratulations!
Creationists????
Hmmmm, and me, who just read “The God Delusion” by Richard Dawkins. Lots of fun.
Congratualtions and thanks for all the information you provide here.
American weather presenter 1.
Indian railroad engineer 0.
My word, the vitriol is flying fast and furious over there… You’d think this was an election or something!
Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming, CAGW, is not the only Lysenko-style ‘Science ‘ being promulgated out there. The ‘liberal’ , aka corporate national Socialists, entertain other convenient ‘Science’ in their deluded minds.
Wind and Solar Energy, Officially, only Five to Eight times the cost of conventional electrical generation, is on the verge of economic competitiveness. This Lib science is fervently believed. It only needs a few more years of subsidies, to become the preferred and universal energy source.
Overlooked, is that their so-called renewable power, is intermittent, and available, by industry experience, only 8% versus 95+% of the time, for other sources. Multiplying the actual cost by another 10 times, over the official 5 – 8 times as expensive, makes it a subsidy child which will die the moment the subsidy teat is withdrawn.
But by far, the stupidest of Lib ‘Science’ is so-called ‘Embryonic Stem Cell’ Science . That is Not to be confused with, ‘Self Stem Cell’ Science . Creating proponent stem cells from the same body, has produced valid Science, and cures certain diseases already. Nor does the body reject implants of its own ‘self’ stem cells. It rejects some one else’s embryonic stem cell transplants, however. If they were ever able to get embryonic stem cells to do what Dr. Suk lied about in the first place.
But ’embryonic’ stem cell is based on wholly manufactured and totally fake research by a Korean scientist, Dr Woo Suk. But for the liberal mind, it seems, no philanthropy will fund embryonic stem cell research, for some bad reason, other than it doesn’t work, as it is all lies. Planned Parenthood and the Abortion industry, must be and is seeking moral justification for baby killing; and must be found, and this is its Holy Grail.
The obvious Lib ‘Science of Economics’ is completely fallacious. Their Statist method of organizing society, has failed in every time in of some 96 instances where tried over the last 142 years, wherever it has been tried. It has in every case, led to totalitarianism and poverty.
Any Science that failed 96 times in a row, in experiments, would be presumed to be a failure. But No. Libs always say that ‘Science’ was just never done correctly, and the next experimental country will succeed.
I am adding my congratulations, Anthony.
The warmist movement is evangilical, and the hate comments indicate that as a religion, it’s primitive. The enlightened religions dont focus on hating the non-believers.
OT
Hey What’s up with this??? I thought the “Global Warming Fingerprint was supposed to be over the tropics… not Canada or Russia.
Serious, is there something going on with the upper northern hemisphere temp-mometer-thingys???
Erratum : proponent should be pleuripotent
Congrats, Anthony.
Good job. Wear the criticism proudly as a badge of honor.
Congratulations. This is one of the few websites that provides excellent balanced reporting with high quality commentary.
Now we know that WUWT is one of the best science blogs. Not because the Times says so but because 98% of the commenters have something to say about it. You can’t really piss that many people off that bad unless you’re right.
(And you just know they all read it too)
Steve Oregon (12:16:37) :
I guess they had to put them in alphebetical order to make WUWT be last.
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Someone better notify an editor then, since “Jack of Kent” is among the “eye’s”.
Gee, and here I thought they were using “Hollywood ranking,” where the most desired positions on the cast list are first and last. Some prefer the end, as the list reads *many assorted boring people* ending with *The Big Name* that generates the most “buzz.” And going by the volume of comments (amount and amplitude), the Times Online certainly got lots of that!
I posted the following comment to the TimesOnline article about science blogs:
“Real Climate blog is best described as the #1 science fiction blog.
The AGW social movement is falling aprt. All that holds them together now is hate and spittle.
hang tough.
Acolytes of the Church of Warmology will always hate what they cannot control.
Congrats Anthony et al (mods you guys do a wonderful job too here and this place couldn’t function without you)!
[snip funny – but OTT]
Well, I’m not sure which is the greater tribute Anthony; to be listed in the list of Times best 30 blogs, even though alphabetically down in the cellar; or the even greater accolade of being by far the most recognized Science Blog by the commenters on that Times blog.
One might even say Anthony, that you and your blog are the Sarah Palin of science blogging; for nobody has attracted the venomous vitriol that that political speaker has. And people question her “knowledge” while giving a free pass to an illiterate idiot, who can’t even read his own name, without a teleprompter; which he neeeds even to talk to first grade children.
Well that is not so surprising for someone, who describes Medics as “Corpsemen.” I would think that title would be more suitable for the Undertakers, rather than the life saving medical corp personell.
Nothing succeeds like succes Anthony, and to be right in the sights of your critics, is to get noticed; that’s for sure. Besides WUWT, it was pretty much just Climate Audit, and Realclimate; that is a “read-only” site.
No idea who Tim Lambert is, but then there are lots of people I’ve never heard of.
It’s all “generational” according to Bill Nye, “The Science Guy” . According to him older folks are idiots.
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2010/20100211063234.aspx
“Well, my thinking is, I thought about this a lot as an educator, spent a lot of time with a lot of people,” Nye said. “It’s mostly generational, it seems to be. This is anecdotal for me. Older people just have a much harder time grasping the idea that you have many billions of people on the planet with a very, very thin atmosphere – you’re able to affect its climate. Younger people are able to sort of embrace it, understand the evidence and move forward. Just as you say, making a full-court one-armed shot happens now and then. There are snowstorms in Washington, D.C., now and then.”
Wow, the vitriol is astounding. They sound as if someone has taken their “precious.”
I think this is going to be bigger than climategate
http://news.google.com.au/news/more?um=1&cf=all&ned=au&source=hp&cf=all&ncl=dSHefFj5roaRILMiScbN6BMY5xRQM
Its called the domino effect. Will the Editor-In-Chief of Nature resign from that position (EIC of Nature) bets are he will have to. I think this will bring the whole thing tumbling down real quick just aguess….
Congratulations Anthony,
You should be top of the list. Lots of alarmists commenting there, but they will see the light sooner or later…
Ecotretas
REPLY: there’s no rank to the list as far as I can tell, I’m just happy to have WUWT included. -A
Congrats Anthony and team and everybody that made this possible!
And to Tim Burton and his boyz, oh Boo Hoo … although I did enjoy “The Ray Thread” (recommended reading, “The Ray Thread” is I say for understanding where it is his brand of ‘warmer’ and CAGW-ist are coming from).
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Anti-science? Anti-bullshit, trickery, malfeasance and skullduggery you mean!
Science IS “to know” and that precludes pre-conceived and dogmatic ideas. As long as you have a question, SCIENCE has the answer, it is only a matter of time.
Well done on taking the “high-road” regarding your nomination as well as the criticism. This is certainly MY personal favourite blog.
Congratulations!
So, what’s the deal with all the anti-WUWT comments. Seems like it was lifted straight out of the Real Climate comment section. With the repetitious use of the term “anti-science” one would suspect this comes from one person or a small group.
Congratulations!
But frankly, if not for all the data manipulation, fraud, and criminal behavior of the AGW proponents, this blog would be almost as boring as a plate tectonic blog.
Feb 11, 2010. Update: As was the case in yesterday’s post, we’re still drifting away from Europe – very very slowly…
Reader tjmagill writes:
I noticed some frost this morning. Could we possibly have drifted at bit more to the north last night?
A – Perhaps north by a few extra microns, but our course seems to remain stubbornly westward. We’ll post a more accurate measurement after my grandchildren finish grade school and graduate college, so stay tuned.