Wendy Northcutt
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Wendy Northcutt (b. 17 September 1963) is the editor of Darwinawards.com website and author of several books on the Darwin Awards.
According to the short biographies in her books and on her website, Northcutt studied molecular biology at Berkeley, worked in a neuroscience research lab at Stanford, and later joined a biotech startup developing cancer and diabetes therapeutics.
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[edit] Interviews
Northcutt has been interviewed by CNN[1], Salon.com[2], Jeep van Carr[3], the j.ello report[4]. the Spokane Spokesman-Review[5], and the SJ Mercury News[6].
In the San Jose Merc interview, Emmons states that "...Northcutt considers herself a potential Darwin candidate. She describes herself as a klutz."
In the Salon.com interview, Northcutt said "If there are multiple stupidity genes, then having one or two might make someone creative, while having a dozen would make her a dangerous idiot."
[edit] Notes
- ^ CNN.com interview by Jamie Allen
- ^ Salon.com: We're With Stupid by Carina Chocano
- ^ Jeep van Carr
- ^ j.ello | report
- ^ Spokane Spokesman-Review "Darwin was Right" by Doug Clark
- ^ San Jose Mercury News: SV Magazine Darwin for Dummies by Mark Emmons
[edit] Books
- 2000: Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action, ISBN 0-525-94572-5 & ISBN 0-452-28344-2
- 2001: Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection, ISBN 0-525-94623-3 & ISBN 0-452-28401-5
- 2003: Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Fittest, ISBN 0-525-94773-6 & ISBN 0-452-28572-0
- 2006: Darwin Awards IV: Intelligent Design, ISBN 0-525-94960-7
