Is the 'Geek Movement' bad for Science?

There's a big debate on the blog linked to below that's well worth a read:

http://sci2pol.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/why-the-geek-movement-is-bad-for-science/

There are responses in the comments from a number of big hitters!
There has also been quite a lot of exchanges on twitter.
For those who may not know, Steve Fuller, the first of the commentators, is a sociologist who has postmodern views on science, and gave a somewhat comic turn at the famous Dover Creationist (or Intelligent Design) trial. See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_School_District

David Colquhoun is a Professor at UCL who campaigns against homeopathy and has a blog here:

http://www.dcscience.net/

He tweeted: "If Fuller approves, it must be wrong!" to which I responded "Yes that's usually a good rule of thumb." and got retweeted by the author of the sci2pol blog Haralambos Dayantis.