{"id":19,"date":"2012-10-05T22:36:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T03:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/smilodonsretreat\/?p=19"},"modified":"2012-10-05T22:36:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T03:36:46","slug":"thank-you-for-having-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/smilodonsretreat\/2012\/10\/05\/thank-you-for-having-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You For Having Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi all,<\/p>\n

It’s an honor to be joining this network.\u00a0 When I see the names and achievements of the others I ask “WTF was I thinking?”\u00a0 But John and Ed asked me to come (after I begged) and that’s something of an achievement in and of itself.<\/p>\n

Please read my about page.\u00a0 It’s a very interesting take on me.\u00a0 But if you like some specifics.\u00a0 I am a science content specialist for a major publishing company.\u00a0 Basically that means that I review writers’ material (and write some) judging it for scientific accuracy, style, and other qualities.\u00a0 That gets fairly interesting when my first read of the day is dark matter, followed by the positive aspects of intestinal parasites in sharks, then we move into a comparison of methane and hydrogen as rocket fuels, and on and on.<\/p>\n

I’m not an expert in anything.\u00a0 But I know a lot about a lot.\u00a0 I’m one of those weirdos who reads scientific papers for fun (and for a living).\u00a0 One of my favorite books is The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives<\/a>.\u00a0 I also really like talking about origins of life and evolution.\u00a0 Throw in some space science, the occasional environmental article, some politics and you have a good idea of where we’ll be going.<\/p>\n

I’m a huge skeptic.\u00a0 I’ll tell you some funny stories about when I wasn’t a skeptic.\u00a0 I think mainly I learned to be skeptical by enjoying arguments.\u00a0 Or more precisely, winning arguments.\u00a0 That’s when I learned about data, evidence, and valid conclusions.<\/p>\n

So what do you really need to know about me?\u00a0 Josh Whedon is the greatest creative mind of our century.\u00a0 Nathan Fillion is one of the greatest actors in the world.\u00a0 Sean Connery was the best Bond.\u00a0 Too much chocolate is never quite enough.\u00a0 Felids rule… except for subfamily hyaena. Wikipedia isn’t a source, but it’s a source of good sources.\u00a0 And Central Texas really isn’t a part of Texas.<\/p>\n

I hope you read what I have to say.\u00a0 Always feel free to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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