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Name: | Ross Dickie |
| Online Handle: | Dickie | |
| Date of Birth: | 1/05/1985 | |
| Location: | South East Scotland | |
| Occupation: | Forestry Contractor | |
| Favourite SGU Panelist: | Hmmm well I'm partial to a bit of Rebecca, however, all of the rogues are great in their own ways!! | |
| Favorite Interviewee: | I've sat and thought about this for ages and cant come up with a favourite as most of the SGU guests are rather interesting | |
| Favourite Scientific Topic: | Physics, Cosmology | |
| Most disliked Pseudoscience: | Faith Healing and anything that can cause serious harm to people | |
| Best Skeptical/Science Website: | randi.org | |
| Favourite Blog: | Don't really get much time for reading blogs but if i had to choose one it\'d maybe be Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. www.badscience.net |
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| Likes: | Learning new things, Reading, Friends, Adrenaline sports, Free time, food, being outdoors, listening to stacks of podcasts, people who listen to reason! | |
| Dislikes: | People who think they know everything! Fighting, dangerous drivers, true believers. | |
| Favourite Food(s): | PIZZA!!!!! Without a doubt!! | |
| Favourite Book(s): | A Brief History Of Time - Stephen Hawking, This was the main catalyst to my interest in science and skepticism. |
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| Favourite TV Show(s): | South Park, Scrubs, Mythbusters, Skins. | |
| Favourite Music: | Too much to mention here, mostly metal bands like Hatebreed, Killswitch Engage, Heaven Shall Burn. However I'll listen to practically anything from Classical to Hip hop From Jazz to Death Metal. | |
| Drink/Smoke: | Enjoy a drink now and again but don't smoke. | |
| Other Podcasts you Listen to: | All in the mind, The amazing show starring James Randi, SETI - Are we alone? , Astronomy Cast, The Brain Science Podcast, Digital Planet, Futures in Biotech, Listen to the Lancet, Imperial college London, Material World, Neuropod, Ockhams razor, Philosophers zone, Point of Inquiry, PRI\'s The world technology, The Royal Society Podcasts, Science talk, science times, science weekly, Skepticality, Skeptoid, Skeptics guide 5x5, skeptics guide to the universe, Thinking Allowed. | |
| Dumbest Thing you've ever heard: | Religious people putting the blame for natural disasters on so called 'sinners'! |
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| What would you like to accomplish before you die: | I really wish I knew... Too many thing to choose from, how does everything sound? Muhaha!! | |
| About me: | I run a forestry contracting business in my work time, and when I'm not working you'll find me either: Surfing, rock climbing, snowboarding, kayaking, traveling, jumping off bridges, motor-biking (although our good old scottish weather is a pain for this one!) and if I'm not doing one of these things i can be found either somewhere playing gigs/rehearsing with my band or out partying away somewhere!!! | |