Isn’t this a rhetorical question? Or perhaps a moot point? It seems a little like asking “Who is the hottest math teacher?” Perhaps I am surrendering to nerd stereotypes. I blame years of oppression.
Maybe that’s why it was such a shock to me when a colleague surreptitiously showed me a page from a recent issue of The Advocate. It showed an interview with a twenty-something porn star who said he planned to be a math teacher when he finished putting himself through college with his X-rated career. Neither one of us has had the balls to post the interview in the faculty break room. “Future hot math teacher! Can we stand the comparison?”
Maybe I should do a blog post. The accompanying picture was not X-rated. It just didn’t look like any of the math teachers I’ve ever seen before (either at school or in the mirror).
If it’s any consolation, when I clicked through, you were outperforming the picture of a chimp in reading glasses at Flags and Lollipops – Bioinformatics Blog, but only by 18 to 21.
Menasays
When I clicked there were two guys, boys really, and I do prefer a more mature (and geeky) man. Does that help ease the trauma?
Dennissays
No offense to coturnix, but I think Tara definitely belongs on there.
Ubersays
Let me go on record right now. Tara Smith is the hottest science blogger.
Mesksays
There seems to be a trend towards any recogniseably female picture being rated at least 10 points higher than anything else. Perhaps this says something about the demography of ScienceBlogs readers?
David MarjanoviÄsays
PZ is in there.
The gorgonopsian is a great idea!
truth machinesays
I don’t rate either, coturnix. :)
Shocking; Tara got my vote before even clicking on the link.
truth machinesays
Isn’t this a rhetorical question? Or perhaps a moot point?
No. No. Do you know what these terms mean?
It seems a little like asking “Who is the hottest math teacher?”
Actually it’s a lot like that, and like that it is neither a rhetorical question nor a moot point.
Perhaps I am surrendering to nerd stereotypes. I blame years of oppression.
I blame a poor education, resulting in your failure to understand the concept of “sample space”.
coturnix says
Is Shelley the only woman on there? And am I not hot enough to even be included? Where’s Cyberspace Rendezvous?
Zeno says
Isn’t this a rhetorical question? Or perhaps a moot point? It seems a little like asking “Who is the hottest math teacher?” Perhaps I am surrendering to nerd stereotypes. I blame years of oppression.
Maybe that’s why it was such a shock to me when a colleague surreptitiously showed me a page from a recent issue of The Advocate. It showed an interview with a twenty-something porn star who said he planned to be a math teacher when he finished putting himself through college with his X-rated career. Neither one of us has had the balls to post the interview in the faculty break room. “Future hot math teacher! Can we stand the comparison?”
Maybe I should do a blog post. The accompanying picture was not X-rated. It just didn’t look like any of the math teachers I’ve ever seen before (either at school or in the mirror).
Tara C. Smith says
I don’t rate either, coturnix. :) Didn’t even see PZ on there either.
Kansas Anarchist says
If it’s any consolation, when I clicked through, you were outperforming the picture of a chimp in reading glasses at Flags and Lollipops – Bioinformatics Blog, but only by 18 to 21.
Mena says
When I clicked there were two guys, boys really, and I do prefer a more mature (and geeky) man. Does that help ease the trauma?
Dennis says
No offense to coturnix, but I think Tara definitely belongs on there.
Uber says
Let me go on record right now. Tara Smith is the hottest science blogger.
Mesk says
There seems to be a trend towards any recogniseably female picture being rated at least 10 points higher than anything else. Perhaps this says something about the demography of ScienceBlogs readers?
David MarjanoviÄ says
PZ is in there.
The gorgonopsian is a great idea!
truth machine says
I don’t rate either, coturnix. :)
Shocking; Tara got my vote before even clicking on the link.
truth machine says
Isn’t this a rhetorical question? Or perhaps a moot point?
No. No. Do you know what these terms mean?
It seems a little like asking “Who is the hottest math teacher?”
Actually it’s a lot like that, and like that it is neither a rhetorical question nor a moot point.
Perhaps I am surrendering to nerd stereotypes. I blame years of oppression.
I blame a poor education, resulting in your failure to understand the concept of “sample space”.
Alon Levy says
Well, PZ mysteriously has a relatively high score…
Zeno says
Hmm. No, it couldn’t be that. My education was very, very good.
Dr. Free-Ride says
[Kicks her profile pic.] Is this thing on?