What is the biggest disaster for you?
Not having any garlic at home
Where would you like to live?
Germany is quite good
What is perfect earthly happiness for you?
My daughter
What mistakes are you most likely to excuse?
As long as there are unintentional mistakes, all.
At least the first time
Your favorite novel heroes?
Marvin from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Your favorite heroines in reality?
My parents
Your favorite heroines in poetry?
Oh dear, the last time I dealt with poetry was in school
your favorite painter?
MC Escher
your favorite composer?
Mahler, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Poulenc... I can't decide.
You can only hunt me with atonality
What qualities do you value most in a man?
Sincerity, empathy, intelligence
Which in a woman?
Sincerity, empathy, intelligence
your favorite virtue?
Generosity
your favorite activity?
Cook
Who or what would you have liked to be?
professional dancer
Your main character trait?
intrinsically motivated
What do you value most in your friends?
That you don't need a spectacular program to have a good time.
Sitting together, eating, drinking, talking
your favorite bird?
penguin
your biggest mistake?
I can't think of anything too bad... could that be the fault?
your favorite writer?
Erich Kaestner
Your heroines in the story?
All those who have fought with humanity and without violence against inhuman, violent systems
What do you despise the most?
hatred and violence
Which historical figures do you despise the most?
Hm. It's obvious to despise someone like Hitler, but the real contempt, or rather fear, is for the dark side of our humanity, which allows for cruel characters and makes them great
What military achievements do you admire most?
Admire?
Do you mean "regret"?
Which reform do you admire the most?
The successful implementation of the Montreal Protocol to phase out chlorofluorocarbons.
Gives hope for the fight against the climate crisis
What natural gift would you like to possess?
Master all languages of the world.
Or at least two or three more
How would you like to die?
old and asleep
Your current state of mind?
Tired but determined
your motto?
Oh, it's also possible without a motto
Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim
: The doctor of chemistry and award-winning science journalist built up the online science channel "maiLab" with more than 1 million subscribers and wrote the bestsellers "Weird, everything chemical" and "The smallest common reality".
On ZDFneo she presents the show "Mai Think X", on ZDF she can be seen in a series on chemistry in "Terra X".