Rebecca Watson
Name: Rebecca Watson
Date of Birth: October 18th, 1980
Place of Birth: New Jersey
Father: Yes, one.
Mother: Yes again! Just the one.
Siblings: I have two older brothers
Spouse: None
Children: None that I know of  
 
Education: BS in communication at Boston University
Occupation: writer
Currently Residing in: Boston, MA
Past Residences: Seattle, New Jersey
Likes: guitar, pub trivia, football, softball, roller derby, rainbows, kittens, daisies that come in a variety of colors, chocolates filled with cremes or soft caramel, ironic t-shirts
Dislikes:

hangnails, flourescent lighting, the color beige, people who are easily offended, people who don't shower and then stand too close on public transportation, chocolates filled with hard caramel or coconut, ironic t-shirts on people other than me
Favorite Food(s):

ice cream, crab rangoon, sushi, foods that are stuffed with other foods, just about any breakfast food
Favorite Book(s):

Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay, Name of the Rose, Geek Love, Lolita, Slaughterhouse Five, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Demon-Haunted World
Favorite Movie(s):

Rushmore, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Pan's Labyrinth, Little Miss Sunshine, Dr. Strangelove, Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic, Cool Hand Luke.
Favorite TV Show(s): The Adventures of Pete & Pete, The A-Team, News Radio, Mr. Show with Bob & Dave, Arrested Development, Futurama
Favorite Music:

The Magnetic Fields, The Decemberists, Arcade Fire, They Might be Giants, DeVotchKa, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Postal Service, Dead Kennedys, Pixies, Beck, Elliott Smith
Drink/Smoke: Yes/Rarely
Most respected scientists/skeptics: Eugenie Scott
Best Scientific Discovery: Snipply, the furry lobster
Most interesting area of science: Evolutionary biology
Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal claim: faith healing
Most disliked pseudoscientific/paranormal proponent: Kevin Trudeau
Space Travel, Humans or Robots? humans!
Favorite website: Neatorama
Other podcasts you listen to:

This American Life, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Ricky Gervais
Dumbest thing you've ever heard:

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.
When and how did you become a skeptic:

I don't really think a person can just become a skeptic. I think a person can hone her skeptical tools, and apply them to more and more areas of her life until she's living pretty much pseudoscience-free. It's more like a slow awakening. I started calling myself a skeptic in mid-2004, when I became more actively engaged in the skeptical community via the James Randi Educational Foundation.
What you would like to see science achieve before you die: an immortality pill
What would you like to accomplish before you die:

world domination? serious answer: publish a book.
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