by snarly | Jul 30, 2013 | Personal Apologies, Scientific apologies
A guest post by Zackary Berger, MD SorryWatchers must know by now the right way to apologize. I wish I could say the same about my colleagues, members of the medical profession. In their defense, though, and in my own, let me talk about what goes into the making of a...
by snarly | Mar 21, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Media Apologies, Other Apologies, Scientific apologies
When news broke that primatologist Jane Goodall’s new book, Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants, contained plagiarized material, Susan and I both felt sick. We’ve both worked as “co-writers” on well-known people’s...
by snarly | Feb 8, 2013 | Media Apologies, Religious Apologies, Scientific apologies
I have a real fondness for the sci-fi-and-fantasy site io9, even though I am only sometimes interested in fantasy and almost never interested in sci-fi. The topics io9 covers are so broad and quirky and interesting, and it is generally so attuned to sexism (not...
by snarly | Jan 22, 2013 | Scientific apologies
Our Invisible Friend Inside the Computer Taffy Brodesser-Akner pointed us to the blog Retraction Watch, which is fabulous. Written by journalistic machers Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky, it looks at scientific retractions, primarily in the life sciences. Because when it...
Semi-apology from a ghost-whispererOctober 31, 2024
I did it for the animals and it got out of handOctober 9, 2024
SorryWatch Reads: I’m Sorry You Got MadOctober 2, 2024
Mexican Olympians, we celebrate you … with RACISM!August 2, 2024
Why did I say that? I’m going to be court-martialed, aren’t I?June 25, 2024