Brian Thompson
Brian is the editor of The Amateur Scientist (www.amateurscientist.org), a daily news blog covering science, politics, religion, and dick jokes from a skeptical perspective. He also produces and co-hosts The Amateur Scientist Podcast, a skeptical comedy program whose past guests have included magician James "The Amazing" Randi, physicist Dr. Michio Kaku, Upright Citizens Brigade member Matt Besser, and the Cigarette Smoking Man himself, Mr. William B. Davis. All aspects of Amateur Scientist Industries are meant to promote reason, humanism, and dick jokes.He also edits GameSnobs.com, a site about video games and the virgins who play them.
Brian's writing has also appeared in Skeptical Inquirer magazine, on the popular chick-centric geektainment site PinkRaygun.com, and in the book 101 Things Every Man Should Know How to Do, in which he advises readers on how to grow a successful beard.
Blogs by this Author
In Atlanta for Labor Day? You Should Be
- By Trevor La Pay
- Published 08/13/2009
Patrick Stewart and Kate Mulgrew will be on a panel together at this year's Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia the first weekend of September. Will they argue over who was the most boring starship c...
In Defense of Teen Wolf
- By Trevor La Pay
- Published 07/27/2009
I'm not one to complain too much about hipsters. Sure, the guy at the bar this weekend in the skinny jeans and porkpie hat sort of annoyed me when he rolled up on his single gear bicycle and sta...
Man-Beasts!!!
- By Trevor La Pay
- Published 07/21/2009
Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas and Sen. Mary Landrieu of my home state, Louisiana, have teamed up to introduce a bill that would ban the creation of human/animal hybrids at the federal level. It m...
Abstinence App
- By Trevor La Pay
- Published 07/15/2009
At this point, there's an iPhone app for just about anything you want to do. But what makes the new purity ring app unique is its ability to help you not do something. Fuck people, that is...
Penitents Compete
- By Trevor La Pay
- Published 07/7/2009
If there's one thing I've learned from BBC America, it's that British reality shows are just as stupid as ours. And if there are two things I've learned from BBCA, the other one has to do with t...
Ask a Sorcerer
- By Trevor La Pay
- Published 06/30/2009
I'm no expert on Italian people or their culture. I understand that they enjoy neverending salad bowls and detest Koopa Troopas, but that's about it. On a trip to Rome, I thought about exploring the r...
A Human Masterpiece: In Defense of Battlestar Galactica's Ending
- By Trevor La Pay
- Published 03/23/2009
There seems to be a pretty violent backlash against Battlestar Galactica's series finale, so here's another essay of support. It's cross-posted at the excellent geektainment website Pink Raygun,...
Racist Nipples
- By Trevor La Pay
- Published 01/26/2009
I often run into coworkers on my lunch break. There aren't a lot of restaurants to choose from around here, so it's usually the Mexican place or the Chinese place or the Mexican place staffed en...
Just Something About Donut Holes and Jesus
- By Trevor La Pay
- Published 01/19/2009
It's been a while since I posted here, but I just had to tell you about something that happened to be over the holidays.First of all, I shouldn’t have been surprised when the gentleman called me...
I Love Doctor Who
- By Trevor La Pay
- Published 11/20/2008
It’s probably too strong to say I grew up hating Doctor Who. I’d only seen bits and pieces in the wee hours of the night on PBS. Not nearly enough to form an opinion other th...
