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Name: |
Evan Bernstein |
| Date of Birth: |
August 27, 1969 (by the Gregorian calendar) |
| Father: |
Noel Myron Bernstein (deceased 2000) |
| Mother: |
Grayce Betty Bernstein (alive and well) |
| Siblings: |
Esta (older sister), Emilee (younger sister) |
| Spouse: |
Jennifer |
| Children: |
Rachel (born 2003) |
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| Education: |
BA, Communications, Central Connecticut State University (heading to their 3rd NCAA men’s basketball tournament birth in the school’s history) |
| Occupation: |
Account executive for a high-tech video equipment rental company |
| Past Residences: |
Dallas TX, Englewood CO, and a dozen or so places in CT |
| Likes: |
science and skepticism, science fiction, movies (all sorts), games (all sorts), NHL hockey (favorite sport), American history, fiscal conservatism, social liberalism, a good sense of humor, being a father. |
| Dislikes: |
deceitful people, rude people, smelly people, high taxes, shrill politicians, Senators that commit vehicular homicide and get away with it, long lines, cloudy nights, ‘gangsta’ rap, bad drivers, NBA basketball, shellfish (all sorts), mortality. |
| Favorite Food(s): |
Poultry (I’m an ape that uses tools and eats birds – just like Perry) |
| Favorite Book(s): |
Demon Haunted World |
| Favorite Movie(s): |
Too many to mention, but the most under-rated movie of all time is easily ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’. |
| Favorite TV Show(s): |
Futurama |
| Favorite Music: |
Lennon/McCartney and anyone who sounds like them |
| Drink/Smoke: |
Diet Coke (trying to cut down) and a Cuban cigar once a year with my brother-in-law |
| Astrological Sign: |
It should be called Astro-illogical |
| Most respected scientists/skeptics: |
Randi, Nickel, Gardner, Einstein, Hubbell, Sagan, Oppenheimer and company (“All the powers that be, and the course of history, would be changed forever more.”) |
| Best Scientific Discovery: |
Darwin/Wallace – theories of evolution & natural selection |
| Most interesting area of science: |
Astronomy |
| Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal claim: |
cold readers (aka “psychics”) |
| Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal proponent: |
Adolf Ahmadinejad |
| Space Travel, Humans or Robots? |
robots first, then humans |
| Favorite website (besides yours, and mine): |
Wikipedia |
| Other podcasts you listen to: |
Pinky Dinky Doo (hey, I have a 3 year old) |
| Dumbest thing you've ever heard: |
A close relation claims to be a pet psychic |
| When and how did you become a skeptic: |
1996, Perry introduced me to skepticism |
| What you would like to see science achieve before you die: |
Fantasy: a time machine, reality: cure for cancer |
| What would you like to accomplish before you die: |
space travel |
| Anything else: |
Yes, but its too much to type here |
| Do you believe in UFOs, astral projection, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full-trance, mediums, the loch ness monster and the city of atlantis?: |
I believe in Beatles. |
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