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Posted on: April 30, 2007 2:00 PM, by PZ Myers
A colleague just let me know that I'm mentioned in the "Best of the Web" section of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Yay! It's a positive review!
It's in the April 15 issue for all you subscribers.
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YES! Send me a free issue of Seed.
If I like what I see, I'll receive 5 more issues (6 in all) for just $19.95. If I'm not completely satisfied, I'll simply write "cancel" on the invoice and owe nothing. The free issue is mine to keep.
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Comments
They even spelled your name correctly. How much did that cost you?
Posted by: quork | April 30, 2007 2:14 PM
But they didn't call you attractive and cephalopod-friendly.
Posted by: Blake Stacey | April 30, 2007 2:47 PM
'The author appears to be P. Z. Myers...'
Hmmm, I wonder who else the author appears to be? Martha Stewart?
Posted by: Christian Burnham | April 30, 2007 2:56 PM
Subsection? I've seen subsection and you, sir, are no subsection! I am not sure they really understand how SB works.
Posted by: coturnix | April 30, 2007 2:57 PM
Who's Morris?
Posted by: Brownian | April 30, 2007 3:00 PM
Yes- who's this 'Morris' and why is he appearing to be P. Z. Myers? I want some answers.
Posted by: Christian Burnham | April 30, 2007 3:02 PM
Subscribers....
Heh, heh.
GEN started showing up in my mailbox about two years ago, and now I can look forward to an approximately monthly call asking if I want to continue my free personal subscription, to which I say, "No" as I know I'll still get the magazine and the phone calls but not have to answer their stupid questionnaire.
Posted by: drerio | April 30, 2007 3:03 PM
Bad Press for the Army...
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=25659
It's ok to descriminate against atheists... they have no religion, so it's not religious bigotry.
Posted by: Steve_C (Secular Elitist) FCD | April 30, 2007 3:07 PM
That rather reminds me of restaurant reviews in newspapers. Good going, your restaurant should be getting some more grazers.
Posted by: bernarda | April 30, 2007 3:38 PM
"Evolution, development, and random ejaculations from a godless liberal"
HA! that makes it sound disgusting....
Posted by: TAW | April 30, 2007 3:43 PM
What does the "nothing significant" refer to?
Posted by: Rey Fox | April 30, 2007 4:05 PM
According to their key, the red X icon means "weak points". That is, PZ's "weak point" is that he writes about "nothing significant" — which is (a) bollocks and (b) not really consistent with the review text itself. Perhaps the reviewer's estimation of the harm "antiscience folks" are causing is not concordant with mine.
Posted by: Blake Stacey | April 30, 2007 4:10 PM
Also, the blue ribbon means "excellent". How can you be "excellent" while writing "nothing significant" I don't know. Maybe I'm reading this completely backwards, and they really mean that PZ has no significant weak points?
Posted by: Blake Stacey | April 30, 2007 4:12 PM
Blake- I think you'll find that it means there are no significant weak points. At least, that's my interpretation.
Posted by: Christian Burnham | April 30, 2007 4:13 PM
uh... I think it means that there are no significant weak points...
Posted by: TAW | April 30, 2007 4:14 PM
Right, it means no significant weak points. They must not have dwelt on the page for long, or they caught me on a good half hour.
Posted by: PZ Myers | April 30, 2007 4:24 PM
Right.
Pros: "Well written, topical."
Cons: "Nothing significant."
I think it's interesting to see which entry was chosen for the screen shot: "We Need A New Gender," which was, as I recall, a spirited exchanged.
Posted by: Kseniya | April 30, 2007 4:34 PM
Vmartin and/or JAD attack in 3...2....1....
btw, are they actually separate people, or is vmartin like a tiny outgrowth from JAD's flank, like a little awful conjoined twin? not the friendly conjoined twin.
Posted by: garth | April 30, 2007 5:06 PM
now that i think of it, that will be 3, 2, 1 weeks, for a letter to the editor. yeesh.
i wonder how insane letters to the editors from the idiot twins will sounds
Posted by: garth | April 30, 2007 5:07 PM
GEN had a nice article 15 Mar 2006, by Alan McHughen, of UC Riverside, "Implications of Faith-Based Science" starting
"Pressure is mounting to install faith-based beliefs into science classrooms. This movement subverts the very foundation of science--a search for the truthand turns science curricula into religious education. In schools and courts, religious crusaders equate faith-based beliefs with scientific theories, arguing, for example, that because the theory of evolution is unproved, alternative faith-based theories are equally valid and should be taught in science classes. ."
My attempts to embed links don't work, but http://www.genengnews.com/articles/chitem.aspx?aid=1410
Several creationists complained, and McHughen had a great last word, in May 2006, but I can't find letters to the editor in the GEN archives. GEN does have more than its share of right-wing editorials, though
Posted by: dkew | April 30, 2007 7:19 PM
Aaaaaaah I seeee ... University of Minnesota *COMMA* Morris and his...
I feel (slightly) less dumb now..
Posted by: Liam | May 1, 2007 6:04 AM
Pharyngula was featured blog in Focus, the BBC's science and technology mag, too. They particularly liked the idea of a belly-dancing commenter.
Posted by: Peter McGrath | May 1, 2007 9:50 AM