the observers hunch

The New York Times has a short article (free subscription required) about well regarded scientists stepping out of their own fields and bec...

DdH has linked to a very amusing video that he has gotten all excited about. I think the fact that Dave is so excited about it really goes...

It seems that Pharyngula has noticed my favourite bunch of science cranks, the Autodynamicists . It appears that Dave de Hilster is looki...

I've just run across this brilliant post over at scienceblogs, setting out how to be the most successful crank you can be, it reads lik...

DdH is back! This time over at sciencewatchdogs .org (aka physicspolice .org). He has returned to form, ranting about his favourite topic; ...

In the latest broadside to the scientific community AK over at the autodynamics discussion board has this to say regarding the latest resul...

JEG pointed out an "article" that appeared on slashdot the other day, basically claiming that everything we know about the Sun is ...

Does anyone else get the distinct feeling of being on a sinking ship? Its like rationality after 200 years of increasingly calm seas has run...

While perusing the Badastronomy discussion board I can across a particularly brilliant drive by poster , claiming that the Earth is stationa...

Speaking of cranks, it appears that my favourite bunch of cranks has finally got sick of real scientists correcting their wikipedia page. T...

I've now returned from NAM (the national astronomy meeting), refreshed and reinvigorated with scientific zeal. I'm planning to post ...

Dave's latest diatribe is quite funny: Mark has edited himself into the convoluted wikipedia article on Autodynamics as a "criti...

The Washington Post has returned to form today, with an actual op-ed that doesn't make my eyes bleed, this one is well reasoned and rati...

The "debate" with the followers of Autodynamics has been going on for a while now, so I thought it would be time to reflect on th...

Check out DdH's latest post over at crank central. The most interesting bit is probably this: What happens is that a person seems int...

Over at ADherent central a positive flurry of messages have been bouncing around, a mini thread has recently developed about the speed of e...

DdH has posted a reply to the email I sent earlier, you can see my original post here . Here is his response in full, my comments which tak...

So Lucy Haye has decided to reply to my previous comments, here it is in its brilliant unedited glory. Watch out for razor sharp observatio...

So its all kicked off over at the SAA . DdH started with this post: Well put. Here is an example of those you speak of. We have found that ...

More from the lovely Grandma Luce: Dear Mark: You are very very ignorant. The equation that I sent to you is exactly the same as PAGE refere...