Crispian Jago Explained

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]

He is an atheist[9] as well as a skeptic.[10]

Awards and Honors

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

He has a daughter and a son.[3]

External links

Crispian Jago’s blog “The Reason Stick“

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kat Arney. Kat Arney. Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution, and the New Science of Life's Oldest Betrayal. 20 October 2020. BenBella Books, Incorporated. 978-1-950665-51-8. 161–.
  2. Web site: Alternative Tube Maps: Doctor Who. July 18, 2011. Londonist.
  3. Web site: Summertime camps boom: The 'Godless alternative' for non-believers. April 29, 2009. The Independent.
  4. Web site: Scientific Progress Drawn as a Subway Map. Robert. Quigley. September 2, 2010.
  5. Web site: Crispian Jago Strikes Again - The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense. archive.randi.org.
  6. Web site: The Skeptic Volume 24, No. 1.
  7. News: Did you solve it? The enduring appeal of Venn diagrams. Alex. Bellos. Alex Bellos. The Guardian. 29 July 2019. 31 October 2020.
  8. Web site: 2017's Ockham Awards for Excellence in Skeptical Activism . 14 October 2017 . The Skeptic . https://web.archive.org/web/20171018022740/https://www.skeptic.org.uk/ockham-awards-2017/vote/ . 2017-10-18 . live . 21 October 2017.
  9. Book: Dean Burnett. The Happy Brain: The Science of Where Happiness Comes From, and Why. 1 May 2018. Guardian Faber Publishing. 978-1-78335-131-2. 209–.
  10. Book: Sean M. Carroll. Sean M. Carroll. The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World. 2013. Plume. 978-0-14-218030-3. 39–.
  11. Web site: The George Orwell Blogging Prize Longlist. www.newstatesman.com.
  12. Web site: Crispian Jago. Eric Blair-Long. lists. March 30, 2011. The Orwell Foundation.
  13. Web site: Crispian Jago - The Reason Stick. www.crispian.net.
  14. Web site: My first QED, and Naturopathic Diaries wins an Ockham Award. Britt. Hermes. Britt Marie Hermes . October 19, 2016.

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