I'm going to try to do this in alphabetical order, to the best of my ability. I'm listing people by their twitter handle, because otherwise I get confused. I'll be updating this list silently. It is current to 8/29/2010.
Some people were drafted (like PZMyers) and some people volunteers.
All that's necessary to be part of the ScienceMob is a demonstrated ability to confront and refute proponents of pseudoscience. Some people do this primarily on Twitter; others on their blog or elsewhere.
- A canna' change the law of physics blog
- Aetiology twitter Aetiology blog
- Alun twitter AlunSalt blog
- Andrew_Taylor twitter Apathy Sketchpad blog
- Anonymoosh twitter
- AutismScienceFdtwitter Autism Science Foundationblog
- BadAstronomer twitter BadAstronomy Blog
- badrescher twitter ICBS everywhere blog
- BastardSheep twitter Bastard Sheep Blog
- BenGoldacre Twitter Bad Science blog
- BlueWode twitter ebm-first blog
- BrianDunning twitter Skepoid podcast
- Carmenego twitter Carmen Gets Around blog
- CatMikk twitter
- Confutata twitter Confutata blog
- corinabecker twitter No Stereotypes Here blog
- Coxar twitter Black Triangle blog
- CrisianJago twitter Science, Reason & Critical Thinking blog
- Daniel Loxton twitter Junior Skeptic
- danwest twitter
- dasilva_uk twitter
- David_colquhoun twitter DC's Improbable Science blog
- DavidKroll twitter Terra Sigillata blog
- dcolanduno twitter Skepticality podcast
- deevybee twitter
- dELYSEious twitter Elyse at Skepchic blog
- dellybean twitter dellybeandiary blog
- dhoffren86 twitter
- Dianthusmed twitter
- dontgetfooled twitter Don't Get Fooled Again blog
- Dr_Aust_PhD twitter Draust Blog
- DrBuzz0 Twitter depleted Cranium blog
- DrEvanHarris twitter
- DrJenGunter twitter PreemiePrimer blog
- DrNescio twitter Primum Non Nocere blog
- DrRachie twitter Skeptic's Book of Pooh-Pooh blog
- DrSJG77 twitter blog
- DrStarT twitter Thinking is Dangerous blog
- ejwillingham twitter A Life Less Ordinary blog
- epiren twitter The Epi Times blog
- FerFrias twitter El Fondo del Asunto blog
- garwboy twitter Science Digestive blog
- GeorgeHrab twitter
- gimpyblog twitter gimpy's blog
- GoddessGeek twitter
- gorskon twitter Science-Based Medicine blog
- Harrison_Peter twitter Reality is my religion blog
- HolfordWatch twitter Holford Watch blog
- JackofKent twitter Jack of Kent blog
- jstreetley twitter James Streetley's blog
- jalbietz twitter Science-Based Medicine blog
- jdc325 twitter Stuff and Nonsense blog
- JohnLDixon twitter
- jourdemayne twitter jourdemayne blog
- jimbobthomas twitter
- justthevax twitter Justthevax blog
- justwillow twitter
- Kashfarooq twitter The Thought Stash blog
- KarenStollznow twitter Skepbitch blog
- KateKatV twitter Cack-Handed Kate blog
- kwombles twitter Countering blog
- landtimforgottwitter Landtimforgot blog
- lecanardnoir twitter Quackometer blog
- lesmondine twitter The Twentyfirst floor blog
- lhrandall twitter
- LizDitz twitter I Speak of Dreams blog
- Madgestar twitter
- Masalaskeptic twitter Masala Skeptic blog skepchick blog
- medtek twitter
- mtcomp twitter
- mjrobbins twitter Lay Science blog
- mwhewell15 twitter
- Naomimc twitter Careful She Bites | Vagina Dentata blog
- Noodlemaz twitter Noodlemaz blog
- oracknows twitter Respectful Insolence blog
- PaoloViscardi twitter Zygoma blog
- Peliadis twitter
- PenguinGalaxy twitter Alice in Galaxyland blog
- PharmacistScott twitter Science-Based Pharmacy blog
- Podblack twitter Podblack Cat blog
- Psweetman twitter blog
- PsyThor twitter
- PZMyers twitter Pharyngula blog
- ratbagsDotCom twitter The Millennium Project website
- rbhinkley twitter Semiskimmed blog
- reasonable_hank twitter
- rebeccawatson twitter Skepchicks blog
- RhysMorgan twitter Rhys's blog blog
- Rushyo twitter Yet Another Skeptic's Blog blog
- Sanhourie twitter
- scepticletters twitter Sceptical Letter Writer blog
- Schroedinger99 twitter BadReason blog
- Second Sight blog
- ShannonRosa twitter Squidalicious blog BlogHer blog Thinking Person's Guide to Autism blog
- Sidrodrigues twitter London Skeptics in the Pub blog
- Simon Perry twitter Adventures in Nonsense blog
- skepchicks twitter skepchicks blog
- SkepDude twitter Vaccine Central blog
- SkepticBarista twitter SkepticBarista blog
- SLSingh twitter
- smallcasserole twitter SomeBeans blog
- stacy twitter Skepchick blog
- SteveKettel twitter
- StevenNovella twitter Neurologica blog Science-Based medicine blog
- Steve_P_Knight twitter blog
- surlyamy twitter Skepchick blog
- surlyjohnny twitter
- swoopy twitter Skepticality podcast
- Thetis Mercurio twitter
- voiceofyoungsci twitter Voice of Young Science at Sense about Science
- womenthinking twitter Women Thinking Free website
- xtaldave twitter Anomalous Distraction blog
- zeno001 twitter Zeno's blog
I like most of the folks on this list but one stands out as problematic for me personally. Jack Of Kent. Whilst he is clearly an intelligent informed individual he's become a classic example of arrogance being confused with confidence. Myself and others have been on the receiving and of his bitter sneering ego for daring to question his opinions. Whereas someone like Ben Goldacre (a usually confident person) is not above the odd mistake he's decent enough to make apologies and admit error. Someone should make Jack Of Kent sit down and watch Phil plaits excellent talk on "don't be a dick".
I don't dislike Jack Of Kent for how he treated me personally because I can be rude like the best of us; what I dislike is that he's done it to many others and he's clearly abusing his position to bully and diminish others. He's exactly the kind of jerk that gives Skeptics, rational people, a bad name.
He may improve but I've given up on him as an example of the kind of person I would hate to be grouped with. Many of the names on this list deserve much better company than him.
Posted by: Martin Bentley - AKA Chunkylimey | 08/29/2010 at 01:08 PM
Martin, honestly, the only position Jack has, is the position you grant him, let it go.
Besides alphabetically Chunkylimey beats a jackofkent, and that's pretty much the only criteria here.
Posted by: Anonymoosh | 08/29/2010 at 06:38 PM
*grin*
That's a fair comment. I just don't like tolerating someone bullying someone else. However I guess it's up to them how they cope with his poor behaviour?
Not for me to be everyone's defender.
Thank goodness.
Posted by: Martin Bentley AKA Chunkylimey | 08/29/2010 at 09:33 PM