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Here’s some questions which should give us some info about the members we talk with here. It’s based on this Q and A from the Sceptics Guide podcast (http://www.sgufans.net/cast/evan_bio.html)
(I hope something like his has not been done before)
Education:
Occupation:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Favorite Food(s):
Favorite Book(s):
Favorite Movie(s):
Favorite TV Show(s):
Favorite Music:
Favourite website:
Podcasts you listen to:
Most respected scientists/sceptics:
Best Scientific Discovery:
Most interesting area of science:
Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal claim:
Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal proponent:
Dumbest thing you've ever heard:
When and how did you become a sceptic:
What you would like to see science achieve before you die:
Favourite Branch of Philosophy:
Favourite Philosopher:
To get the ball rolling, here’s my answers…
Education: BA Design
Occupation: Student and some freelance design work
Likes: Music, the internet, walking, pubs and clubs, beer, film, animation, scepticism, science, retro video games, football, martial arts (BJJ, MMA, Wing Chun)
Dislikes: Religious claims, theistic faith, dogma, intellectually dishonest people/frauds, ‘gangsta rap,’ chavs.
Favorite Food(s): Sunday roast, pie and mash, sausage and mash, chips, KFC, Italian and Chinese.
Favorite Book(s): Lord of the Rings, Of Mice and Men, Tokyo, Life of Pi, Demon-Haunted World, A Brief History of Time.
Favorite Movie(s): American History X, Lost in Translation, Lord of the Rings, Hayao Miyazki films, Wes Anderson films, Miike Takashi films, animations, horrors, comedies, psychological films.
Favorite TV Show(s): 24, Lost, Heroes, Top Gear, Frasier, South Park, Only Fools & Horses, The Simpson’s, Futurama
Favorite Music: The Beatles, Oasis, Dylan, Bowie, Kinks, La’s, Weller, Who, Small Faces, Motown
Favourite website: Digg.com, BBC News, Martial Arts Planet, IGN, Rational Responders, Wikipedia, MySpace/Facebook
Podcasts you listen to: Sceptics Guide to the Universe, Diggnation, Sceptical Inquire, Ricky Gervais, the Onion, Infidel Guy.
Most respected scientists/skeptics: Carl Sagan, James Randi
Best Scientific Discovery: Evolution
Most interesting area of science: Astronomy (followed by evolutionary biology and psychology)
Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal claim: Cold reading (“Psychics”), Faith healing, Intelligent Design/Creationism
Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal proponent: They're all bad, but especially Sylvia Brown, “The Biggest Douche Bag in the World,” Kent Hovind and Ray Comfort.
Dumbest thing you've ever heard: ”The Bible is true”
When and how did you become a sceptic: I always tended to be sceptical in that I’ve never been a true believer in anything (although I probably accepted some bs in the past, like ghosts and UFOs). I would say I started calling myself a sceptic around 2004 after I started to learn about philosophy, logic and science, which itself was triggered through looking at eastern philosophy/religion/mysticism which I started to become acquainted with after doing some martial arts training.
What you would like to see science achieve before you die: Further exploration of space, more knowledge about the universe, more knowledge about the mind, progression with stem cell research to produce cures for various diseases and conditions.
Favourite Branch of Philosophy: Metaphysics, religion, mind, science, ethics, materialism, empiricism.
Favourite Philosopher: Hume, among others.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring" -- Carl Sagan
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Pssst, Topher. That's kinda MySpace. I must admit, though, this is the first of this kind where I've seen a "favorite philosopher" section.
I am curious about one thing. What's "pie and mash" and "sausage and mash"?
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Education: More every day.
Occupation: Production Manager
Likes: walks on the beach, kittens, wtf kind of question is this? lol.
Dislikes: hypocrisy
Favorite Food(s): My stir fry. Beef and Veggies.
Favorite Book(s): ALL
Favorite Movie(s): Any. Aliens to Zoolander and back.
Favorite TV Show(s): Deadliest Catch, 700 Club(good humor), Meercat manor, How it's made, Any history channel.
Favorite Music: Any except country, gospel, and middle eastern
Favourite website: www.rationalresponders.com Umm. Duh. lol.
Podcasts you listen to: RRS, Skeptics guide to the universe(when not attacking the RRS or 'fundamentalist atheists' like myself (I could listen to Rebecca sing the alphabet)
Most respected scientists/sceptics: Judged on an individual basis. Myself.
Best Scientific Discovery: Hasn't been made yet.
Most interesting area of science: Tough one. Hmmm. Physics.
Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal claim: Afterlife
Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal proponent: Uri Geller
Dumbest thing you've ever heard: "The RRS is a cult."
When and how did you become a sceptic: At age 9, at church camp (or before I guess) that's when I assured myself that it was okay to question everything.
What you would like to see science achieve before you die: lol. Immortality.
Favourite Branch of Philosophy: Ethics
Favourite Philosopher: Me
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You know I just realised how true that is, which is especially weird since I HATE them all! Had I known I would have made the thread lol
Mashed potato
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring" -- Carl Sagan
You noticed that too. Haha
They're all 'agnostics' on that show, except for Rebecca.
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring" -- Carl Sagan
I love the Washington Redskins(although they suck right now).
I love jazz such as big band and David Sanborn. I love Metallica. Favorite poets are mostly unknown locals I know personally. Famous poets I like are Plath and Poe. Plato and Socrates are my favorite philosophers. The Oedipus trillogies are my favorite plays.
Favorite websites are of course atheist websites where I can vent and let it all out.
Favorite TV shows SVU, Hawaii 5-0, A-Team, Moonlighting, John Stewart, Cobert.
Occupation: "DIRT POOR"
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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OK. I'll bite.
Education: BA in Music, BS in Math, some post grad for I.T.
Occupation: Sr. Systems Analyst/I.T., Associate Producer for Beyond Belief Media
Likes: Critters (includes feline medicine), Theater, Reading, Cooking, Entertaining, Volunteering, Diet Coke
Dislikes: Hypocrits, people who don't properly care for their critters, car salesmen, loud music
Favorite Food(s): Porterhouse steak, home-made French Fries, Shepherd's Pie, broccoli, pasta with vodka sauce, many of my personal recipes
Favorite Book(s): My entire personal library
Favorite Movie(s): The funniest movie of all time "Blazing Saddles"
Favorite TV Show(s): All the Law & Orders, House, Bones, Criminal Minds, CSI (the original)
Favorite Music: Oldies, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Bat Boy: The Musical, any musical for which I've been a tech member
Favorite website: The RRS
Podcasts you listen to: Any time Brian Flemming is interviewed, RRS
Most respected scientists/sceptics: Brian Flemming, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris
Best Scientific Discovery: Red hair dye
Most interesting area of science: Veterinary medicine
Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal claim: Talking to the dead, talking to god/virgin Mary/angels, "the secret"
Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal proponent: Uri Geller
Dumbest thing you've ever heard: "Praise god. He cured her."
When and how did you become a skeptic: A quiet process over a period of time, thinking about it and coming to the conclusion that theism just doesn't make sense.
What would you like to see science achieve before you die: Gene and stem cell therapies (those would fix almost anything).
Favorite Branch of Philosophy: Plain Old Common Sense
Favorite Philosopher: Todangst
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