I've had a lot of fun with it, even though I never really had very much time to devote to it. A thousand posts in ten years sounds like a lot, but I wish I could have written a thousand more.
Generally speaking, my readers have been great. In ten years, I think I only had to ban two or three commenters, including one Holocaust denier. Thank you to everyone who read what I had to say, and even more thanks to those who took the time to comment.
Here are 25 of my favorite posts from the last ten years:
- Why We Never Lied to Our Kids About Santa: my absolute favorite, and still appropriate. You can criticize atheism and religion, but if you really want to get a reaction, just criticize the myth of Santa Claus.
- Robert J. Marks II refuses to answer a simple question: still waiting, more than a year later.
- Hell would be having to listen to Francis Spufford: Damn, he was boring.
- By the Usual Compactness Argument: for mathematicians only.
- Ten Common LaTeX Errors
- I defend a conservative politician's right to speak on campus
- Science books have errata. Holy books don't
- No Formula for the Prime Numbers?: Debunking a common assertion.
- In Memory of Sheng Yu (1950-2012): my colleague - I still miss him.
- Another Fake Magnet Man Scams AP
- William Lane Craig Does Mathematics
- Why Do William Lane Craig's Views Merit Respect?: Nobody gave a good answer, by the way!
- Stephen Meyer's Bogus Information Theory
- Religion Makes Smart People Stupid
- Test Your Knowledge of Information Theory
- David Berlinski, King of Poseurs
- Graeme MacQueen at the 9/11 Denier Evening
- Mathematics in a Jack Reacher novel
- The Prime Game: This appeared in my 2008 textbook, too.
- Debunking Crystal Healing
- Nancy Pearcey, The Creationists' Miss Information
- Academic Vanity Scams
- Time Travel: my second favorite, which nobody seemed to like that much.
- Janis Ian Demo Tape: the best part was that Janis Ian herself stopped by to comment!
- The Subversive Skepticism of Scooby Doo: my third favorite.
From myth to truth may be a giant leap for a reindeer, but it's only a small step for a moose (especially if he can eat it).
ReplyDelete....and I think I've been reading (and occasionally cluttering up the comments) for all of those 10 years. Here's to the next 10 (or 20, or whatever).
ReplyDeleteCongrats, on this and the 1000 citations.
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogiversary, Jeffrey! I've enjoyed reading your blog for lo these ten years. I've enjoyed commenting when I had something to say.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to more blogification over the next ten years.
~~ Paul
Congrats and thank you on your 10th year!
ReplyDeleteWho and what do you think you will tangle with in the new year?
Happy new year, Jeffrey, and I hope that you stick around for at least another ten.
ReplyDeleteThanks for compiling the list. I'm working my way through them (I had read some before). "David Berlinski, King Of Poseurs" was a great take down of one of the creationist stars.
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