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Wendy Northcutt

Wendy Northcutt (b. September 17, 1963) is the creator of the Darwinawards.com website and author of four books on the Darwin Awards.

According to the short biographies in her books and on her website, Northcutt completed a degree in molecular biology at Berkeley, worked in a neuroscience research lab at Stanford, and later managed the protein purification group at a biotech startup developing cancer and diabetes therapeutics.

Interviews

In 2001, Northcutt was interviewed by Jamie Allen of CNN [1]: Northcutt stated that reservations over child cases caused controversy. She stated, "Before (the awards became popular), we were an insular community and we could make fun of people and those people (or their families) would never find out. But as it got bigger, I realized there was more and more danger of really hurting people." In the same interview Northcutt says "I've gotten several emails from people [who knew a deceased man who "won" a Darwin Award], saying,'This is horrible. It has shocked our community to the core. You should remove this.' But I can't. It's just too stupid." She also suggested that children who read her books were likely to become more careful with explosives.

Northcutt was also interviewed by Mark Emmons of the San Jose Mercury News. Emmons states that "...Northcutt considers herself a potential Darwin candidate. She describes herself as a klutz."

When interviewed by Salon she 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." 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].

Notes

  1. ^ CNN.com interview by Jamie Allen
  2. ^ Salon.com: We're With Stupid by Carina Chocano
  3. ^ Jeep van Carr
  4. ^ j.ello | report
  5. ^ Spokane Spokesman-Review "Darwin was Right" by Doug Clark
  6. ^ San Jose Mercury News: SV Magazine Darwin for Dummies by Mark Emmons

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
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