CURRENT MISSION

It's been fun being an adult but I need to grow up. After spending the last 5 years settling down I'm now trying to undo the damage.

ABOUT ME

I'm a programmer by trade and I enjoy geeky things. I enjoy doing energetic things, this wasn't always the case :)
My brother studies philosophy and we enjoy having discussions around ontology and religion (I'm a strong anti-theist if that is important to you).
I tend to run in the mornings and looking to pick up rock climbing.
My music taste varies rather widely and includes Pop, EBM, Metal, Dubstep... I like what I like.
I'm fairly open minded but not as much as I think I should be at times.
I consider myself to be 'sports fan of science' I am not proficient in any field to have any serious opinions but I enjoy reading about it.
I enjoy good beers, the snootier the better although I can't drink very much of them anymore before falling over :)
I'm trying to write some fiction but I'm really not very good. This is not some false modesty thing, I really suck.

PHILOSOPHY

At the most basic level life is like a party your kidnappers dropped you off at. That is not to say that I'm not enjoying every second of it but it's hard to answer a 'why' question given that fact.

Now that I am at the party I don't always know what to do. I thought I did know at some point but I was wrong so I had to change everything. I try to do things now because they bring me and/or the people I love joy.

For the more classical philosophies: I believe that objective truths about reality exist. Statements can be more or less right than others. Some statements can be entirely wrong. Objective truths about subjective things also exist: if someone subjectively feels sad things that are objectively true or false can then be said about this.

I strive to be as close to reality as I can be with my thoughts and opinions, this often means radically changing my views on things when presented with new or better data. When I find out that I was fundamentally wrong about an aspect of reality I feel physically ill for a little bit in my stomach, this appears involuntary and I have labelled it the 'cognitive dissonance' feeling.

This is why I find it completely incomprehensible that people can retain opinions they know at some level are wrong.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I haven't yet participated in CS but would like to host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet

Interests

Interests that I am actually usefully conversational in: Philosophy, Science, Beer, and Programming.
Interests that I am trying to become proficient in but are not currently: Dancing, Rock climbing, and Running.

• dancing
• beer
• running
• partying
• drinking
• reading
• music
• sports
• rock climbing
• religion
• science
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Ke$ha, Skrillex, Fear Factory, Pro-Pain, Pearl Jam, Knife party, Omnichrist, The strand, Type O negative, Joy Division, Johnny Cash, Daft Punk.
Movie-wise I tend to like really dumb action movies, quite unapologetically.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach people some programming basics I suppose if someone is interested. It should be possible to teach someone the concepts in a couple of hours if they are interested in pursuing some self study at a later time.

I'd like to learn how to write (better) and would enjoy it if someone could tell me whatever about it. Maybe just have some people read and comment.