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Name: |
Mark |
| Online Handle: |
moneyman1490 |
| Date of Birth: |
June 14, 1990 |
| Location: |
Northwest Indiana |
| Occupation: |
Sports star/ child genius (blame Paul for the arrogance, it rubbed off, lol) |
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| Favourite SGU Panelist: |
Dr. Steven Novella |
| Favorite Interviewee: |
I really enjoy the true-believer episodes; they act as a reality check for me. I never really thought people can bellieve that shit until I actually heard the interviews. |
| Favourite Scientific Topic: |
Neuroscience |
| Most disliked Pseudoscience: |
Alternative medicine/faith healing |
| Most disliked true-believer: |
Kevin Trudeau |
| Best SGU quote: |
"We're just that damn exiting"-Dr. Novella |
| Best Skeptical/Science Website: |
The SGU |
| Best Science News Website: |
I really don't surf the net for science as much as I should….. I get most of my info from Scientific American, Discover, and a bunch of podcasts |
| Favourite Blog: |
I just started reading blogs; so far I like Neurologica |
| Likes: |
Football, the trumpet, girls, pizza, chemistry, weightlifting, being younger than all of you, being skeptical, bashing true believers, making fun of Kevin Trudeau/Sylvia, reading, helping other people (like tutoring), making money (lawnmowing/tutoring/trumpet lessons), hanging out with my friends, making fun of bad movies, arguing |
| Dislikes: |
True believers, arguing with people who won't admit they're wrong/ use fallacies, Ann Coulter, Kevin, Sylvia, all faith healers, mushrooms (the food, not peyotes, hippies) power cleans, quick defensive lineman, Spanish, people who take the easy way out, Bush (on policy), Baptists who try to convert me (although they can be amusing), avacados, iPods (the damn thing just broke after 6 months) |
| Favourite Food(s): |
Lamb, pig, and gyros. |
| Favourite Book(s): |
Anything by Bradbury or Orwell, Sagan's Demon Haunted World, Golding's Lord of the Flies, and Clarke's Childhood's End
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| Favourite TV Show(s): |
House, the Colbert Report |
| Favourite Music: |
Anything but rap or hokey country |
| Drink/Smoke: |
No, no |
| Other Podcasts you Listen to: |
Skeptoid, Astronomy Cast, Logically Critical, Mr. Diety, NPR, Quackcast, Scientific American, Vital Signs, and of course the SGU. |
| Dumbest Thing you've ever heard: |
"I can cure all of these things, but they don't want you to know about them"-Trudeau
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| What would you like to accomplish before you die: |
Cure Alzheimer's |
| About me: |
Well…..I'm currently 16, and enrolled in my sophomore year of high school. I play football (left offensive tackle) and the trumpet (lead in jazz, and principal player in Wind Ensemble). I'm starting to look for some good med schools, so if anyone has any suggestions, let me know; it would be appreciated. |
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