Crispian Jago is an English IT consultant[1][2][3] and blogger,[4] and the cofounder of Winchester Skeptics in the Pub and the Hampshire Skeptics Society.[5] He has also contributed to The Skeptic.[6]
Jago created a blog called "The Reason Stick" which has attracted over 4 million views. One of the most popular posts is a venn diagram of "irrational nonsense".[7] He also created the blog “Always Look on the Bright Side of Death”.[8]
Awards and Honors edit
He was longlisted for the 2011 Orwell Prize for blogging for his blog “The Reason Stick”, then known as “Science, Reason and Critical Thinking”.[11][12][13]
In 2016 he won the Ockham Editor's Choice Award,[14] and in 2017 he won Best Skeptic Blog at the Ockham Awards for his blog “Always Look on the Bright Side of Death”.[8]
Children edit
He has a daughter and a son.[3]
External links edit
References edit
- ^ Kat Arney (20 October 2020). Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution, and the New Science of Life's Oldest Betrayal. BenBella Books, Incorporated. pp. 161–. ISBN 978-1-950665-51-8.
- ^ "Alternative Tube Maps: Doctor Who". Londonist. July 18, 2011.
- ^ a b "Summertime camps boom: The 'Godless alternative' for non-believers". The Independent. April 29, 2009.
- ^ Quigley, Robert (September 2, 2010). "Scientific Progress Drawn as a Subway Map".
- ^ "Crispian Jago Strikes Again - The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense". archive.randi.org.
- ^ "The Skeptic Volume 24, No. 1".
- ^ Bellos, Alex (29 July 2019). "Did you solve it? The enduring appeal of Venn diagrams". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ a b "2017's Ockham Awards for Excellence in Skeptical Activism". The Skeptic. 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Dean Burnett (1 May 2018). The Happy Brain: The Science of Where Happiness Comes From, and Why. Guardian Faber Publishing. pp. 209–. ISBN 978-1-78335-131-2.
- ^ Sean M. Carroll (2013). The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World. Plume. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-0-14-218030-3.
- ^ "The George Orwell Blogging Prize Longlist". www.newstatesman.com.
- ^ lists, Eric Blair-Long (March 30, 2011). "Crispian Jago". The Orwell Foundation.
- ^ "Crispian Jago - The Reason Stick". www.crispian.net.
- ^ Hermes, Britt (October 19, 2016). "My first QED, and Naturopathic Diaries wins an Ockham Award".