Long time shadow, first time poster.

Hello ATS!

As you can see on the left, my name is BluFenix. I've been looking around ATS for the better part of two years now, and I've finally made the "big leap" so to speak, and registered on the forums. I'm not normally the "introductory" post kind of guy, but I felt like ATS is a little different than most forums I register for (I rarely frequent forums anymore, since they usually devolve pretty easily into spam and troll fests).

A little bit about myself. I'm currently a graduate student in Computational Chemistry, though I trained as an Analytical / Physical chemist as an undergraduate. I love mathematics, logic, and just plain thought; looking critically at a problem and trying to solve it. I think that's what allowed to gravitate toward chemistry. Of the natural sciences, I feel that chemistry is the most applied, but also one of the most complex. Most real systems are chemical in nature at some level, and chemistry is all over the world.

But enough science lessons. In my spare time, I love to hang out with my four month old daughter and my wife of (almost) three years. When those two go to sleep, I enjoy some quality video game time, although much less than when I was married / homeowner / father. My favorite game to play at the moment is League of Legends, although I am currently waiting for Diablo 3, my new favorite obsession

As far as conspiracies go, , I mostly enjoy reading about UFOs / Extraterrestrial beings, although prophecy and the supernatural has always piqued my interests too. I mostly watch the videos and view the pictures here on ATS, and rarely have much to contribute in the way of new content. As a scientist, I'm always trying to approach things with a critical eye and to think openly about things. I don't have a motivation for being interested in these topics (ie I want to believe aliens exist or think I can predict the future), I'm just purely interested in these subjects. Call it a curious itch if you will.

Hope to see all of you on the battlefield of the ATS forums. Thanks for reading my intro post!

Welcome aboard!!
A scientist...awesome. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the subjects that interest you...

~wild

welcome to ATS BluFenix,
hope to read your opinions in future threads

Come on in. It will be interesting to hear what you think. There are many with questions that should be right up your alley, I hope you will weigh in.

Welcome to ATS...very nice intro. I look forward to your participation.....

Des

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