The Scientist is doing a survey about science blogs, and if you go look at the article, you'll notice a shocking omission.
That's right, there's not a single physicist on the list.
Of course, that shouldn't actually be a surprise, as they're actually doing a survey of life science blogs. But that doesn't stop all sorts of people from referring to it as a survey about science blogs in general.
And they complain about physicists being arrogant...
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