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Name: | Patrick Pricken |
| Online Handle: | Berandor | |
| Date of Birth: | October, 1977 | |
| Location: | Essen, Germany | |
| Website: | www.p-pricken.de | |
| Occupation: | Student, writer | |
| Favourite SGU Panelist: | Perry "the voice" DeAngelis | |
| Favorite Interviewee: | Mark Crislip | |
| Favourite Scientific Topic: | Neurology; how we perceive "truth" despite evidence to the contrary | |
| Most disliked Pseudoscience: | Anything using Quantum Mechanics for "explanation" | |
| Most disliked true-believer: | Tom frakking Cruise | |
| Best SGU quote: | Rebecca, ep 58: "Can't you seem them all standing around in the labs, saying, it's Madonna. She says she has water." | |
| Best Skeptical/Science Website: | Why won't God heal amputees: http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/ | |
| Best Science News Website: | www.sciam.com | |
| Favourite Blog: | my own: http://www.p-pricken.de or Kung Fu Monkey: http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com |
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| Likes: | movies, music, science, books, Firefly, politics | |
| Dislikes: | pseudoscience, ignorance, politicians | |
| Favourite Food(s): | Chinese | |
| Favourite Book(s): | too many |
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| Favourite Movie(s): | again, too many | |
| Favourite TV Show(s): | Firefly, Deadwood, BSG | |
| Favourite Music: | Leonard Cohen, Herman van Veen, Billy Joel, Robbie Williams, Christina {X-tina?) Aguilera, Loreena McKennitt, Pink | |
| Drink/Smoke: | rarely/no | |
| Other Podcasts you Listen to: | Skepticality, BrainScience, Skeptoid, Brain Food, CBC
Radio: the Best of Ideas, Mr. Deity, Point of Inquiry, QuackCast,
Science Talk, The Secrets |
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| Dumbest Thing you've ever heard: | Kabbala water decontaminating nuclear waste (see quote) | |
| What would you like to accomplish before you die: | write a frakking novel | |
| About me: | I'm a student of German, English and Economics with the aim of becoming a teacher. I write short stories, including fantasy stories, but I still am a skeptic. I discovered SGU late last year; I had stumbled over Randi.org, and from there went to skeptic.com and skepticality, liked that, listened to SGU and loved it. I am a member of the GWUP, the German skeptic's society. | |
| Anything Else: | probably a lot, but not right now | |