Comments on: Skeptical blogging brainstorm #2 http://www.thoughtcounts.net/2008/09/skeptical-blogging-brainstorm-2/ critical analysis and interesting ideas Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=5712fe874cd961a1cbaec758bc7ad75e&size=48&default=http://www.thoughtcounts.net/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/c17df82385604b7.png" alt="AndyD Identicon Icon" height="48" width="48" /> AndyD http://www.thoughtcounts.net/2008/09/skeptical-blogging-brainstorm-2/comment-page-1/#comment-579 AndyD Identicon Icon AndyD Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:48:44 +0000 http://www.thoughtcounts.net/?p=106#comment-579 It seems to me the trick would be to find a positive drive. Most of us bloggers focus on the problems, not necessarily the solutions. A group based on complaining or finding fault might be fun for a while but hardly sustainable - or useful. If that same group could somehow find ways to implement change in the community, it would have more purpose. I've been thinking along similar lines since first looking in on the "skeptic movement" earlier this year - who are we, what are we about? In my latest blog article I ask the question - should we be targeting the woo-artists or the media that so readily promote them? Perhaps some concerted efforts by groups with labels could help bring a bit of rational thinking into areas where it's currently missing. It seems to me the trick would be to find a positive drive. Most of us bloggers focus on the problems, not necessarily the solutions. A group based on complaining or finding fault might be fun for a while but hardly sustainable – or useful. If that same group could somehow find ways to implement change in the community, it would have more purpose.

I’ve been thinking along similar lines since first looking in on the “skeptic movement” earlier this year – who are we, what are we about? In my latest blog article I ask the question – should we be targeting the woo-artists or the media that so readily promote them?

Perhaps some concerted efforts by groups with labels could help bring a bit of rational thinking into areas where it’s currently missing.

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