User:D Inwood
About D_Inwood
I have listened to SGU on and off since around the 150th episode, and have been attending skeptical events in Vancouver, Canada for about the same amount of time. My favourite events are the Skepticamps that seem to happen about once a year here.
I have done some transcriptions in the past, mostly on the Atheism Plus Scribe project where I transcribed several episodes of Radio Freethinker. I also transcribed the Science Resources for Children video on Skepchick.
I grew up in Ontario and moved to British Columbia, where I worked in shipping logistics for about a decade ago. I am currently back at school, studying Sociology at SFU. In my spare time I like play the Descent series of games, watch anime, and work on this website.
Why I like the Show
This show has proven to be a good source of science news for me, especially on topics that the mainstream media frequently gets wrong, like health products. Their criticisms of the charlatans of the world, and the governments that seem unwilling to regulate them, has been very good over the years; and I believe that holding these people and organizations accountable for scamming millions of people is a good one.
My favourite segments are those that get into the moral consequences of allowing pseudoscience to go unchallenged. I also really enjoy segments that overlap with other causes I support, like global warming and feminism.
My Recent Activity
For the last couple of months, I have been focusing on transcribing segments from recent episodes that I enjoy the most, or that match up with my personal politics the best. This has meant any Forgotten Superhero of Science that has to do with an overlooked woman, any interview with a woman, any news item that touches a political issue, and all of the What's the Word segments. I also transcribe Steve's news item on most weeks, since it usually deals with the bad behaviour of pseudoscientists, though not always.
I have done at least one segment in every episode from 564 to 582 as of September 8, 2016, and I usually do two or three. It depends on how many segments I find interesting. I intend to keep going with this for the foreseeable future.
Useful Links
- Template:SGU_episode_list
- Template:Transcribing
- Template:Adding links for all
- Template:Page categories
- Female guests on the SGU
- Women in history on the SGU
- What's the Word
- Template:Sci or Fi entry
- Science or Fiction stats
- Template: University entry
- Universities on the SGU
Contributions
I have created the Science or Fiction stats page, and the table template that goes with it.
I have also created skeletons and summaries for each hour of the SGU 10-Hour Show, and did transcriptions for a couple of interviews toward the end.
| Transcriptions
I have done the primary transcriptions for: |
Redirects
I have added segment redirects for: |