User:Tompars

Hi, I'm Tom

About me
I'm a physicist and engineer. I also edit an online magazine.

My interests range from computational evolution to philosophy of mind to history of science. I believe in high standards of scholarship, neutrality, and maintaining the intellectual integrity of Wikipedia.

My worldview is an amalgam of elements from Zen, Existentialism, Analytical Philosophy, and the scientific outlook.

I believe compassion is the greatest human virtue.

Favorite quotes
"The greatest being is nobody" — Zen "Belief is a greater enemy to Truth than lies" — Nietzsche "Puritanism: The haunting fear that somewhere, someone may be happy." — H.L.Mencken "In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, and nations, it is the rule." — paraphrase of Nietzsche "Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government. ." — Bertrand Russell "If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." — Noam Chomsky

/draft article on Charles Freeman

/draft article on The Closing of the Western Mind