Goldenes Brett

The award Das Goldene Brett vorm Kopf (English translation: “The Golden Blockhead", literal translation "The Golden Board in Front of the Head") is a negative prize awarded by the Society for the Scientific Investigation of Parasciences (GWUP - Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften). The prize is organised by the Viennese regional group, the Society for Critical Thinking (GkD - Gesellschaft für kritisches Denken). The jury considers the "most astonishing pseudo-scientific nuisance" of the year in German-speaking countries. The award was presented for the first time in 2011 during the Sceptics Conference in Vienna.[1][2] In 2016, the prize was presented simultaneously for the first time in Vienna and Hamburg (by the Hamburg sceptics of the GWUP).[3]

Process

Candidates are nominated via a form. A jury of experts selects the three top candidates among the nominees. The assessment is based on the following: degree of deviance, resistance to criticism, commercial interest, radius of action, pseudoscience, and hazard potential.[4] In the course of a public award ceremony, three candidates are presented by a eulogist in an ironic speech. The three candidates can comment on their nomination. Thereafter the winner is announced, and they are given a golden statue with a board in front of the head and have the option of making an acceptance speech. In 2012, the jury of experts included Heinz Oberhummer (physicist), Werner Gruber (physicist), Johannes Grenzfurthner (artist) and the eulogists Mario Sixtus (journalist), El Awadalla (writer) and Niko Alm (entrepreneur and activist).

In 2012, an additional "lifetime achievement prize" was awarded for the first time. This prize recognizes a person who, according to the jury, "made a name with particularly impressive resistance to scientific facts over decades". [5] The award was granted in 2012 by the Austrian Consumer Information Consortium (Verein für Konsumenteninformation) and since 2013 by the German Consumers' Union (Deutscher Konsumentenbund). The Austrian branch of the Cochrane Collaboration was a cooperation partner in 2015.[6]

Winners and nominees
YearLifetime awardWinnersNominees/ reason for nominationSideact
2011 not awarded Peter-Arthur Straubinger
  • not held
2012 Erich von Däniken Harald Walach
  • Dieter Broers (doomsday prophecies)
  • Harald Walach of the Viadrina European University (spreading of esotericsm and alternative medicine in academia)
  • Austrian doctors association (promotion of therapies without proof of therapeutic effect)
2013 Ruediger Dahlke Homeopaths without borders
  • SPAR (revitalized water)
  • Marcus Franz; Austrian politician and doctor (pseudoscientific claims regarding homosexuality)
  • Homeopaths without borders (distribution of homeopathy in areas of medical crisis)
  • Harald Havas
2014 Jochen Kopp/ Kopp Verlag Xavier Naidoo[7][8]
  • Netzwerk Impfentscheid (claims regarding vaccines)
  • Barbara Steffens; health minister of North Rhine-Westphalia (promotion of pseudoscience at public universities)
  • Singer Xavier Naidoo (public spreading of conspiracy theories)
2015[10][11] Matthias Rath[12] Stefan Lanka[12]
2016 Ryke Geerd Hamer Zentrum der Gesundheit
  • Roland Düringer (spreading of conspiracy theories in the public)
  • Ryke Geerd Hamer (Germanic new medicine)
  • Cancer centre Brüggen-Bracht (pseudoscientific claims on cancer therapy/ treatment of cancer patients with unapproved drugs)
 Sideact in Vienna:

Sideact in Hamburg:

  • Armin Himmelrath
  • Marcus Rohwetter
  • Julia Offe
2017 Cornelia Bajic and the Deutschen Zentralverein homöopathischer Ärzte Prof. Dr. Dr. Johannes Huber[13]
  • Andrew Wakefield (Vaxxed)
  • Peter Fitzek (Reichsbürgerbewegung)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Johannes Huber, author of "Es existiert: Die Wissenschaft entdeckt das Unsichtbare" (2016) and "Der holistische Mensch: Wir sind mehr als die Summe unserer Organe" (2017)
  • Bernhard Hoecker

Media recognition

Media recognition ranges from numerous mentions in the blogosphere, such as ScienceBlogs (Astrodicticum Simplex,[14] Kritisch gedacht [15] or Fischblog [16] and Mathlog) [17] to Austrian media such as Der Standard [18][19] Die Presse,[20] ORF,[21] NEWS,[22] Heute[23] and Vice.[24]

References
  1. "Wissenschaftlicher Humbug gesucht". Wien.orf.at. 24 September 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. derStandard.at: Skeptiker küren Esoterik-Unfug des Jahres Archived 2012-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, 24. September 2012
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Website goldenesbrett.at - Kriterien und Jury, 16. Oktober 2012
  5. derStandard.at: Drei Finalisten für "Goldenes Brett vorm Kopf" ... inklusive Ärztekammer Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, 16. Oktober 2012
  6. goldenesbrett.guru: Das Goldene Brett 2015 Archived 2017-06-26 at the Wayback Machine, 14. Oktober 2015
  7. "Xavier Naidoo als Verschwörungstheoretiker geehrt". Derstandard.at (in German). 2014-11-26. Archived from the original on 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  8. Michael Vosatka (2014-11-27). "Nicht von dieser Welt". Derstandard.at (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  9. "Verleihung des Goldenen Bretts 2014". YouTube. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  10. "Das Goldene Brett 2015: Die drei Finalisten stehen fest". Blog.gwup.net (in German). 2015-10-14. Archived from the original on 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  11. "Das Goldene Brett 2015 - die Verleihung". Facebook.com (in German). Archived from the original on 2018-06-10. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  12. "„Goldenes Brett vorm Kopf" an Virenleugner". Wien.orf.at. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  13. ""Hormonpapst" Huber für "Goldenes Brett vorm Kopf" nominiert". Die Presse. APA. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  14. "Wer hat das goldene Brett vorm Kopf?". Astrodicticum Simplex. Archived from the original on 2014-12-04.
  15. "Nachlese zum Goldenen Brett 2012 an Harald Walach und Erich von Däniken". Kritisch gedacht. Archived from the original on 2014-07-17.
  16. "Wer wird Scharlatan des Jahres? Jetzt auch bei uns". Fischblog. Archived from the original on 2015-07-29.
  17. "Weg mit den Pillen! Ein Pharma-Lobbyist bekommt das "Goldene Brett"". Mathlog. Archived from the original on 2014-07-24.
  18. "Lichtnahrungs-Doku zum "herausragendsten Unfug des Jahres" gekürt". Derstandard.at. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14.
  19. "Auszeichnung für "Homöopathen ohne Grenzen"". Derstandard.at. Archived from the original on 2014-07-06.
  20. "Susanne Winter für "Goldenes Brett vorm Kopf" nominiert". Diepresse.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  21. "„Goldenes Brett vorm Kopf" an Virenleugner". Wien.org.at. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  22. GmbH, news networld Internetservice (22 October 2015). "Goldenes Brett - Preis für esoterischen Unsinn". News.at. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  23. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2015-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  24. "Die Nominierten für das Goldene Brett 2015 stehen fest". Vice.com. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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