| IncredibleMulk | ||
| Name: | Ryan Mulkerin | |
| Online Handle: | IncredibleMulk | |
| Date of Birth: | October 24, 1985 | |
| Location: | Pennsylvania | |
| Occupation: | Student | |
| Favourite SGU Panelist: | Evan | |
| Favorite Interviewee: | Michael Shermer | |
| Favourite Scientific Topic: | Evolution | |
| Most disliked Pseudoscience: | Naturopathy | |
| Most disliked true-believer: | Kevin Trudeau | |
| Best SGU quote: | Perry: "The amount of years that she will live longer than us because of her diet is directly proportional to the horror of her life." | |
| Best Skeptical/Science Website: | Skeptic.com, talkorigins.org | |
| Best Science News Website: | I get my science from blogs/podcasts usually | |
| Favourite Blog: | Bad Astronomy, The Rogue's Gallery, Skepchick, Reason's Hit and Run |
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| Likes: | It was much easier to write the "dislikes" section. Take the opposite of that. What does that say about me? | |
| Dislikes: | Cynicism, anti-technology hippies, misanthropy in all its forms, people lying for profit or for non-profit, extremists (even extreme anti-extremists) | |
| Favourite Book(s): | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The God Delusion, Atlas Shrugged. I need to read more |
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| Favourite TV Show(s): | P&T Bullshit!, South Park, Daily Show/Colbert Report, Fire Fly, MythBusters, House, Futurama | |
| Favourite Music: | I'd rather listen to podcasts | |
| Drink/Smoke: | If you're buying/Only in my dreams | |
| Other Podcasts you Listen to: | Skeptoid, Skepticality, Penn Radio, Free Talk Live | |
| Dumbest Thing you've ever heard: | The Ontological Argument for God |
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| What would you like to accomplish before you die: | Live | |
| About me: | I can probably legitimately say that SGU was pivotal in bringing me to skepticism. I was dabbling in secular philosophies after I lost my religion and happened upon a page that had audio of Michael Shermer. One of them happened to be episode 5 of SGU. This led me to the Skeptic's Society site and found I agreed with their philosophy. Besides that I'm a computer engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh. I'm a skeptic, atheist, and libertarian and I've been voraciously consuming information on all those subjects for the past couple years. I was raised by very moderate catholic parents. So moderate that I sometimes wonder how much they believe. I've got a twin brother who has essentially the same worldview that I do so we get along well. Growing up, my family could best be described as scientifically minded, but rather credulous. We were just as likely to which Unsolved Mysteries as a documentary on the Dicovery Channel. My parents, as far as I know, aren't aware of the fact that I'm an atheist, but I can talk rather openly about my skeptical positions on things so I'm not too worried about it. In the future though, I hope to get more comfortable with speaking out about the issues that are imporant to me. |
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