That’s a trick question!
You can still vote for one of the nominees for the 3QD Science Prize 2014 until September 1st at 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time!
The top 20 most-voted-for posts (out of a grand total of 85, so that makes 23.5% of the entries) will make it into the finals. Seems like pretty good odds, eh? Much higher than applying for a grant.
Imagine now that you could lobby for federal funding via popular vote:
“I deserve to be among the scientific One Percenters. Vote for my ground breaking research on Bunny Hopping as an animal model for compulsive drug taking behavior and I will cure addiction .”
The Neurocritic has two posts nominated for the 3QD Prize:
- Existential Neuroscience: a field in search of meaning (with 5 votes, in like 30th place or so)
- When Waking Up Becomes the Nightmare: Hypnopompic Hallucinatory Pain (1 vote, self-explanatory)
{Looks like I should not abandon my day job for a lucrative career in science blogging any time soon…}
For Your Consideration: In the event that you haven’t cast your ballot for one of the other nominees, there’s still time to end your search for meaning and VOTE FOR EXISTENTIAL NEUROSCIENCE (alphabetically filed under “The Neurocritic”).
Otherwise I will be obligated to add another Banner of Failure to the sidebar of my main blog.
Thank you, and good night.
UPDATE September 4 2014: The 3QD Science Prize Semifinalists 2014 have been announced (for real). Congratulations to all the nominees.
It’s not so bad to be a loser. I got to make this nifty new Banner of Failure.
Thanks to those of you who voted for one of my posts. And most of all, thanks for reading.
Melancholia and The Infinite Neurocritic 