I’ve enjoyed our brief popularity during the rush to see, and shudder at, Andy Schlafly’s battles with Dr. Richard Lenski. On Conservapedia, the battle continues: Schlafly still hasn’t read Lenski’s relatively short paper, and yet continues to attack its conclusions and call for “information” that he wouldn’t have the tools to analyze. Sigh.
But, more importantly, the Lenski debacle has focused the talents of many on understanding the phenomenon that is Conservapedia, with some success: among the best, check here, at “Lay Science,” to understand where Conservapedia’s web traffic really comes from. The story? It’s mostly gawkers, with serious contributors few and far between. No surprise there.
Hi, just wanted to pop by and say thanks for the link, I’m glad you liked the post. While I’m on a roll I’ve just added another on Schlafly’s weird belief that Conservatives don’t get STDs. Now I’m off to shower, lol.
This is a really nice blog you have here (and an awesome title) – keep up the good work.
Posted by Martin | June 27, 2008, 4:18 pmThanks for turning your interest on it, it was a very good analysis! I’m sorry it got pulled from the RW frontpage, so I thought I had to post it here :-). And thanks even more for putting us on your blogroll! One of the things I like so much about this site is meeting other cool people… check one more!
Posted by Ames | June 27, 2008, 7:39 pm