A couple of bloggers have issued a challenge: a week of blogging about Just Science. I like RPM’s description better than what’s on the official site:
It boils down to this:
- One week of science blogging and only science blogging.
- At least one post a day of pure science content.
- No blogging about anti-science — no creationism, no anti-vaccination, no global warming denialists.
Just Science from February 5 through February 11.
I have two problems with this:
The first problem is that I don’t know if I could go a whole week without blogging about academic issues, pop culture, or just general snark. None of that is really science, but they’re important parts of what I do, for my own sanity if nothing else. (And Kate’s, as she’s spared some ranting when I blog about things…)
If you interpret the really important point to be the third bullet above (no anti-science), with pop-culture stuff sort of existing in limbo, it’s easier to manage, but also kind of trivial. I hardly ever post about creationism, anti-vaccination, or global warming denialists, so by signing up, I’d be agreeing to spend a week doing what I usually do anyway.
Maybe I ought to offer to do a counter-stunt, and spend a week posting about nothing but anti-science?