User:FPstandard1

Hey I'm FPstandard1,

I'm an overeducated enthusiast of learning and teaching how things work. I can generally figure out anything, although I've discovered not everybody has this superpower. I love the Socratic Method. I believe if you keep asking the questions "who, what, why, when, where, how, do" then you will not only discover the beautiful complexity of our world and how it works, but you will uncover untruth, lies and outright shenanigans more often than not.

I believe in the 80/20 method, Fibonacci numbers, that philosophy and science are ultimately equivalent, and people are generally the same wherever you go -- just with different quirks. If you don't believe me, analyze any large population for any result (80/20), observe how hurricanes and seashells are shaped, ask how to prove existence in philosophical or scientific terms, and travel to 7 different countries that speak different languages in different states of economic development. Above all else, ask "why?" more often and follow the path of answers. It will be a wonderful journey.

Wikipedia has been good to me over the years. I was one of the first people to publish a PDF for sale on the Internet (Motley Fool's Soapbox dot com...WayBackMachine it). I've founded several deep information websites that people have referenced on Wikipedia (and sometimes copy-pasted my content into Wikipedia pages...I'm not so fond of that). I've contributed to, edited and cleaned up numerous Wikipedia pages in years past under a previous username. I give Wikipedia $5 bucks every time they ask. And I dig the bizarre syntax used for articles.