a3maniac
Name: Fernanda
Online Handle: a3maniac
Date of Birth: May 19th
Location: Alegre, Brazil
Occupation: Law student/musician
   
 
Favourite SGU Panelist: Bob Novella
Favorite Interviewee: James Randi
Favourite Scientific Topic: Psychiatry/psychology
Most disliked Pseudoscience: People who claim they talk to the dead
Most disliked true-believer: George W. Bush
Best SGU quote: "If you want bigger boobs, Jay, just blow more air in it"
Best Skeptical/Science Website: skepdic.com
Best Science News Website: sciencedaily.com
Favourite Blog:

Skeptical: http://indexed.blogspot.com/
Non-skeptical: www.thesuperficial.com
Likes:

Music; London; subways; häagen dazs; fashion; cars and racing; diet coke; german philosophy; "the internets"; foreign languages; cinema; macs; pineapple; history; high heels; air conditioning; big cities; art; sex; sociology; sincereness; scrabble; sushi; TV series; alliteration; silence; privacy; travelling; watching american football and pro ice-skating; books; theatre. And more.
Dislikes:

The beach; cynism; Pepsi; FIAT; pseudoscientists; mediums/psychics; self-medication; people in denial; Star Trek; veganism; speaking Spanish; shows like Big Brother and The Bachelor; Post-Modernism; Bai Ling; racism; speeding tickets; fundamentalism; bad parenting; Jessica Simpson. And a LOT more.
Favourite Food(s): Thai, sushi and my own cooking
Favourite Book(s):

Beyond Good And Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche); The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1-6 (Anaïs Nin); The Demon-Haunted World (Carl Sagan)
Favourite Movie(s):

Closer; Gattaca; Girl, Interrupted; Kill Bill; Run Lola Run; Requiem For A Dream; Waking Life
Favourite TV Show(s):

LOST; Grey's Anatomy; Mythbusters; Seinfeld; South Park; Project Runway; The Daily Show with Jon Stewart; The Colbert Report; The Amazing Race; CSI; I Dream of Jeannie; Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Favourite Music: Folk/rock
Drink/Smoke: Socially/No
Other Podcasts you Listen to: Skeptical: Brainfood; Infidel Guy; Point of Inquiry; Science Talk; Skeptoid.
Non-skeptical: Comedy Central Stand-up; Dharmalars, Grammar Girl; Grey's Anatomy Official Podcast; The Lost Initiative; The Lost Podcast with Jay and Jack; LOST Official podcast; MacBreak; People.com; Style videos; The 10th Wonder, United Nations Radio Features
Dumbest Thing you've ever heard:

"Religion gives people a moral compass"
What would you like to accomplish before you die:

A Nobel Prize, Angelina Jolie's good looks and/or a job at the UN
About me:

My journey towards skepticism began through a wonderful history teacher (who had a PhD in sociology) I had in highschool. I realized then I was an atheist and soon enough I discovered Carl Sagan's Demon-Haunted World.

I'm a singer/songwriter and I play the piano. I listen to all kinds of music, but reggae isn't my thing.

I have never done any drugs except for alcohol and prescription meds (when prescribed to me); everyone in my family embraces pseudoscience; I usually can't make friends with girls; I skipped 2 grades in school; I'm grateful for people spending their lives in labs helping mankind; I don't think khaki qualify as a color; I think Paris is overrated; I have a former drug abusing brother and I think Michael Bay shouldn't be allowed to direct movies.
Anything Else: I like chocolate chip cookies.
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