User:CuttingEdge

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Hello I am user CuttingEdge. I spend most of my time editing articles to reduce systemic bias. If you want to leave a message do so on my talk page.

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[edit] About Me

My name is James, and I was born in California. I lived some time in Tennessee, and now I live in New York. I have a younger brother and my family is about to host an exchange student from the Philippines. We have two dogs and two cats. I am a sophomore in High School, and while I enjoy many subjects, I mostly focus on science, philosophy, and politics.

[edit] What I edit and why

I want to edit philosophy articles, but by trying I discovered just how little I know about such a wonderful and complex field. Therefore, I have decided to spend another year or two expanding my knowledge before I try again. I find this is the case for most subjects on Wikipedia that I am interested in. Which, if I ignore my vanity, makes sense. I am a high schooler who has only taken (as of sophomore year) one college level course with four planned for junoir year. Many writers on Wikipedia are in or have graduated from college. Thus, while I will reach that level in the coming years, I am not there yet. However, I can contribute. I write articles within the project to reduce systemic bias, because they are usually on simple topics like a person or place, and because the chances are that no one on English Wikipedia is an expert on them.

my dog
my dog

[edit] Articles I started

[edit] My Favorite Intellectuals

Thomas Paine (philosopher) Kurt Vonnegut (novelist) Arthur Schopenhauer (philosopher) Spinoza (philosopher) Albert Einstein (scientist) Peter Kropotkin (anarchist)

[edit] My Favorite Novels

The Road, Cat's Cradle, The Sirens of Titan, Slaughterhouse 5, Fahrenheit 451, Childhood's End, Ender's Game, The Chosen, The Giver

[edit] Userboxes

This user is a bibliophile.
This user is interested in politics.
This user likes to hear that viewer discretion is advised.
PWD This user supports Pure wiki deletion.
This user is interested in psychology.
hs-3 This user is a high school junior.


This user is a checkers player.
This user has a keen interest in Physics.
WikiProject Philosophy This user is a member of the WikiProject Philosophy.
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 This user lives in or hails from the state of New York.
This user enjoys reading non-fiction.
This user is a secular humanist.
This user opposes Imperialism.
DS This user is a Democratic Socialist.
This user knows by heart the first three digits in the decimal representation of pi.
\sum_{i=1}^{\infty}{1 \over i^2} This user is an advanced mathematician.
\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{x^n \over n!} This user loves problem solving.
This user is interested in Ancient Greece.
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WikiProject Philosophy task list
  • German Idealism and almost all the articles related to it need to be either rewritten or expanded, because a wikipedia user called Lestrade has, among other things, taken it upon himself to imbue each page with bias in favour of Schopenhauer, who he attempts to present as having the last say in everything. This is a terrible thing to do, because German Idealism is such an important period in philosophy, whose influence is still strongly felt today.
  • Protected Values first section confuses right action and values and needs a copy edit, moving and wikifying
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein is having its FA status reviewed due to a couple of concerns. Help save Ludwig! See Wikipedia:Featured article review/Ludwig Wittgenstein for requirements for retaining FA status.
  • Quality (philosophy) needs a more clear explanation.
  • Socratic dialogues could do with some tidying and clarification. See the talk page for one suggested change.
  • Problem of universals: The introductory definition is (perhaps) fixed. But, the article is poor. Check out the German version.
  • Teleology: the article is shallow and inconsistent.
  • Existentialism: the quality of this article varies wildly and is in desperate need of expert attention.
  • Star of Sophia Vote for or nominate someone you think is deserving!
  • Analytic_philosophy This is a very major topic, but still has several sections which are stubs, and several topics which are not covered.
  • Inverse (logic) This article makes me wish that there were a fail grade on the quality scale. Someone should rewrite it.
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