Another of these chain letters appeared in my RSS feed today. Johnnie Moore has generously tagged me as one of 5 blogs that make me think. Even better he has designed me as irascible with an appetite for debate, and I consider both statements an accolade.
Now this sort of stuff is always nice, but then one is required to enter the process and name names. To do this is invidious, you end up with 5 people who continue to be your friends and several people who feel they should be on your list and are deeply offended that they are not. Of course they never tell you this, they protest no issues, but you know what they really feel.
I am therefore taking a different approach. I have lots and lots of blogs in my RSS feed, most of which stimulate me (two of which don't but I need to know what the B******s are up to) and I eliminate stuff fast if I don't get anything from it.
I am spending a lot of time on science based blogs at the moment, so rather than name five from the many and various general blogs I thought I would list five of the science blogs I find most useful. Of course, this may also stop the meme!
They are, in no particular order
Thinking Meat
Mind Hack
Neurophilosophy
Savage Minds
Scientific American
Comments (4)
Just to let you know that about three weeks ago I named your blog as one of the ones that made me think.
I think I have enough exciters of thought already, so I'll resist the temptation to follow these links.
Thanks
Posted by Omaniblog | June 7, 2007 11:47 PM
Posted on June 7, 2007 23:47
Thanks Paul, I am afraid I must have missed that, although you are in the RSS feed. Must have been one of those days when the volume of material pushed me into skim reading. I've been enjoying your coverage of the Irish elections (as a former temporary resident of Rathmines) and especially liked the poem, but I am awaiting an update on the status of the residents of Galway.
Posted by Dave Snowden | June 8, 2007 7:42 AM
Posted on June 8, 2007 07:42
Dave, you're so right about the invidious nature of these tag memes, I really should know better. A good example of mild irascibility being really useful though: you managed to articulate something I felt but didn't express. Nice meme-interrupt too... nothing like mutation in a healthy system!
Posted by Johnnie Moore | June 8, 2007 11:03 AM
Posted on June 8, 2007 11:03
Thanks for tagging me. I've done my bit to keep the meme alive:
http://thinkingmeat.com/newsblog/?p=805
Posted by Mary | June 9, 2007 3:38 PM
Posted on June 9, 2007 15:38