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Aren't I Pretty?
Hello. I'm a college student double majoring in film and philosophy. I have a minor in mathematics. I'm a big fan of the wikipedia project, which satisfies my interests in free speech, volunteerism, and the pursuit of knowledge.
My Interests
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- World Domination
Cinema
- The History of Cinema
- Film Theory
- Stanley Kubrick
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Jean Mitry
Philosophy
- Analytic Philosophy
- History of Philosophy
- Logic
- Set Theory
- Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of Mind (esp. Cognition)
- Philosophy of Mathematics
- Epistemology
- Conditionals (i.e. material implication, counterfactuals, causation, epistemic priority)
- Relations
- Modality and Modal Logic
- Semiotics and Semantics
- Bertrand Russell
- Rudolf Carnap
- W.V.O. Quine
- H.P. Grice
- J.L. Austin
Chess
- Endgames
- Positional Play
- Chess History
- Aron Nimzowitsch
- Anatoly Karpov
- Tigran Petrosian
- Peter Leko
- Vladimir Kramnik
Music
- Avante-garde Music
- Jazz Music
- Piano Music
- J.S. Bach
- Jan Ladislaw Dussek
- Alexei Stanchinsky
- Igor Stravinsky
- Anton Webern
- Iannis Xenakis
- Pierre Boulez
- Glenn Gould
- Nathan Milstein
- Pablo Casals
- Lennie Tristano
Mathematics
- Abstract Algebra
- Continuum Hypothesis
- Completeness and Incompleteness
- P=NP Problem
Poetry
- Fixed Forms and Meter
- Howard Nemerov
- Richard Wilbur
- Robert Frost
- T.S. Eliot
- Ezra Pound
- E.A. Robinson
- X.J. Kennedy
- Philip Larkin
- Theodore Roethke
- John Hollander
- Derek Attridge
I wrote the original wikipedia articles for (and contributed further revisions to):
I'm also a contributor to:
More complete project list User:Danielpi/Project List.
I'm mediated disputes for the Mediation Cabal on the dispute Francis Schuckardt and Ronald Reagan.
Grammar Peeves
to / too
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Too many people have no idea how to use words they should have learned in grade two. |
whom |
This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees. |
your/ you’re |
This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, you’re in need of help. |
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Political/Religious
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This user supports the ACLU. |
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Danielpi knows Bush is an idiot and liar and uses childrens' sentences when speaking. |
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