User:Eirfal

Norwegian national and long time wikipedia-supporter and user. Passionate about free access to learning and the sharing of knowledge. MSc in Economics with a keen interest in just about everything related to the past and future development of the human condition, and the universe.

"The more you know, the more you know that you don't know."

"Fascination is the product of comprehension"

About me:

I see history, philosophy, psychology, physics, geography, biology, science and technology, as the preconditions to our current cultural and developmental presence. Our perceived state of existence has always been determined by these factors — on both a collective and individual level. We are always driven by our biological, psychological and social needs, and therefor exist in a perpetual state of scarcity. What we seek to experience and achieve are therefor preconditioned by our collective experiences through our biological, sociological, and technological evolution.

In economics, we try to quantify and analyse the emergent behaviour of the interactions between human brains. The human brain itself, is one of the most complex systems we know of. Through the law of large numbers we are able to distill out the idiosyncratic variations and look at the common denominators to determine human interactions. But with all complex systems, our models can only explain so much. With more data we can explain more, which in a progressive society must be limited by the values of privacy and freedom. Our explanations can be the driving force of policy and progress, but when we fail or are corrupted, or when corrupt politicians ignore the uncorrupted of us, suffering usually follows.

I really want the best for all humanity, but with our individual limitations in knowledge and influence, we can only achieve the best possible outcome with cooperation through time and space, — maybe you are may reading this on a different continent or in 50 years time? Nonetheless, we are still connected, sharing knowledge and ideas with each other. Wikipedia truly is one of those unique places that are allows us to do this free of charge.

This is why I love the site, and I try to contribute when I can, either by just improving an article's readability - implementing small grammatical corrections, or by doing factually revisions and updates if I spot outdated statements or errors. Together we inform, and are informed.