Now you can play Scienceblogger Hot or Not. I don't know whether to approve or not.
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The whole issue of pseudonymity has come up again, both on Google+ and on ScienceBlogs. While I've been on the Internet for nigh on 20 years, my initial point of entry was through a Usenet group that strongly preferred real names (or something real-name-ish). As a result, I've never tried to…
So I'm cruising about Scienceblogs to catch up on my Sciblings and I come across this on Aetiology:
So, razib relates a recent observation of the apparently rare species hottus chicas scientificas at a local wine bar. Shelley's ticked:
Not sure whether to be more irked that Razib suggests that…
Back in September Janet at Adventures in Ethics and Science challenged Sciencebloggers to a nerd-off. I didn't take part because I have an inherent sense of fairness. Professionals shouldn't compete with amateurs. So I let it go. But now I want to claim my rightful crown from the usurper.
In that…
"What the hell is this?"
"We're remodeling the garage into a family room."
"Oooh! That's a good idea!"
"Thanks. We're so glad you approve."
"So, where are you going to put the bunny hutch?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"For me to keep my bunnies in!"
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Is Shelley the only woman on there? And am I not hot enough to even be included? Where's Cyberspace Rendezvous?
Isn't this a rhetorical question? Or perhaps a moot point? It seems a little like asking "Who is the hottest math teacher?" Perhaps I am surrendering to nerd stereotypes. I blame years of oppression.
Maybe that's why it was such a shock to me when a colleague surreptitiously showed me a page from a recent issue of The Advocate. It showed an interview with a twenty-something porn star who said he planned to be a math teacher when he finished putting himself through college with his X-rated career. Neither one of us has had the balls to post the interview in the faculty break room. "Future hot math teacher! Can we stand the comparison?"
Maybe I should do a blog post. The accompanying picture was not X-rated. It just didn't look like any of the math teachers I've ever seen before (either at school or in the mirror).
I don't rate either, coturnix. :) Didn't even see PZ on there either.
If it's any consolation, when I clicked through, you were outperforming the picture of a chimp in reading glasses at Flags and Lollipops - Bioinformatics Blog, but only by 18 to 21.
When I clicked there were two guys, boys really, and I do prefer a more mature (and geeky) man. Does that help ease the trauma?
No offense to coturnix, but I think Tara definitely belongs on there.
Let me go on record right now. Tara Smith is the hottest science blogger.
There seems to be a trend towards any recogniseably female picture being rated at least 10 points higher than anything else. Perhaps this says something about the demography of ScienceBlogs readers?
PZ is in there.
The gorgonopsian is a great idea!
I don't rate either, coturnix. :)
Shocking; Tara got my vote before even clicking on the link.
Isn't this a rhetorical question? Or perhaps a moot point?
No. No. Do you know what these terms mean?
It seems a little like asking "Who is the hottest math teacher?"
Actually it's a lot like that, and like that it is neither a rhetorical question nor a moot point.
Perhaps I am surrendering to nerd stereotypes. I blame years of oppression.
I blame a poor education, resulting in your failure to understand the concept of "sample space".
Well, PZ mysteriously has a relatively high score...
Hmm. No, it couldn't be that. My education was very, very good.
[Kicks her profile pic.] Is this thing on?