User:Vap0rtranz

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This user ... Wikipedia:Babel en This user is a native speaker of English. de-3 Dieser Benutzer hat sehr gute Deutschkenntnisse. Search user languages Wikipedia Ich schreibe Beiträge für die deutschsprachige Wikipedia. I support German language Wikipedia with my contributions. OED This user uses Oxford spelling. This user is a member of WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia. This user is an undergraduate student majoring in physics and minoring in math. AAs This user has an Associate of Applied Science degree. This user is an advanced mathematician. CS This user is a member of WikiProject Computer science. This user contributes using Linux. This user lives in or hails from North Carolina. This user is a member of WikiProject Law. X This user is neither a Republican nor a Democrat. Y This user is a member of Generation Y. This user is male. This user is a member of WikiProject LGBT studies. This user identifies as bisexual. This user's AOL Instant Messenger screenname is vap0rtranz. G talk This user's Google Talk screenname is vap0rtranz. YIM This user's Yahoo! Messenger screename is vap0rtranz. LJ This user maintains a LiveJournal  as vap0rtranz.

Contents 1 General Profile 2 Wikipedian 2.1 My Motto 2.2 My Ideas are Ideals 2.3 People are Fascinating 2.4 Other Things (of no less import) 2.5 The Taboo: Heresy and Such 3 Personal Life 4 References

[edit] General Profile

I was born in North Carolina, USA, and raised by my loving and dedicated parents in Raleigh, the state's capitol and cultural center. From these gentle, Southern beginnings, I grew into a young man who listens and reads more than he chatters -- although ... I have sustained philosophical discussions that started at tea time, went on through supper, and finally ended at a coffee house! For those of us who demand psychological precision, I am Myers-Briggs ISFJ/ISTJ (Introverted, Sensing, Feeling/Thinking, Judging); 16PF (Sixteen Personality Factor) introverted, receptive, independent, anxious, unrestrained; and Holland Occupational Type artistic.

[edit] Wikipedian

I am a student librarian and enjoy writing, reading and researching, or helping patrons' with their research, so I hope to expand Wikipedia's collection. I study physical science, pedagogy, German and mathematics at Appalachian State University.

[edit] My Motto

I aspire to write articles that establish Wikipedia as a valuable general reference and special reference material. With this motto in mind, and recalling the advice of my childhood reference -- the World Book Encyclopedia, I aspire to write articles that: have a 1. broad scope, be 2. current, 3. authoritative, 4. impartial, and 5. revised. (World Book, vol. 22:33)

[edit] My Ideas are Ideals

• anthropomorphism's effects on abstractions
• belief systems as an existential epistemology
• Buddhism and meditation
• Christianity — especially Jehovah's Witnesses
• computer science, computer networking and script kiddie work
• cosmology (see Hawking below)
• jurisprudence (see Justice O'Connor below)
• law and philosophy of law
• logic and mathematics — the foundation of mathematics, ex: Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem
• minimalism (see Philip Glass below)
• pedagogy — educational psychology, and socratic method
• physics — espeicially science education and math education
• philosophy — especially philosophy of science
• rationalism (see Descartes
• relativism — especially Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
• skepticism v. dogmatism
• social constructivism or social Darwinism

[edit] People are Fascinating

• Jane Ellen Harrison - my philosophy of religion
• Philip Glass - my philosophy of music (see minimalist music)
• Sandra Day O'Connor - my philosophy of law
• Stephen Hawking - make me think

[edit] Other Things (of no less import)

• board games and card games
• chai
• classical music, classical chinese music, classical indian music
• Deutsch
• Linux

[edit] The Taboo: Heresy and Such

• androgeny — ex: Jaye Davidson
• bisexuality v. sexually confused
• death — John Donne's Holy Sonnets
• pansexuality or unisex
• sexual orientation and sexuality

[edit] Personal Life

Since you got this far, I feel you deserve and BIG hugg! :)

This is a good moment to hear my mini-bio because I finished a session of yoga and meditation -- meaning I am very relaxed even with my shortfalls. I'm El-Aurian, aka. an aloof advisor if you missed Whoopi's character on Star Trek-TNG ;) Like Guinan, I am a mystical confidant to important people (my friends), and an ambassador between ... highly opinionated people and their so-called enemies. I sound arrogant when I switch on my analytical persona because my analysis suppresses any empathy for your response. Thankfully I have a warm, fuzzy, Care Bear persona too :P So during lucid moments when these two personas mesh, you will be staring at me and thinking how much I resemble Willy Wonka! "Welcome to my chocolate factory!"

My homepage is hosted by the university, and I livejournal at http://vap0rtranz.livejournal.com; rather than just an EMO diary, I do occasionally post substantial essays.

Interested? Here's my OKCupid [personals] ad.

[edit] References

The World Book Encyclopedia. vol. 1-22. World Book, Inc: Chicago, 1986. (ISBN 0716600862)