James
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | PhD student in econometrics |
| Location | Greensboro, NC, United States |
| Introduction | Lazy. Unscrupulous, Polite. In possession of too many animals. |
| Interests | Statistics, causality, philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, programming, functional programming, Haskell, cats, rabbits |
| Favorite movies | Gremlins, Gremlins 2, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Prestige, Memento |
| Favorite music | Django Reinhardt, Streetlight Manifesto, Brahms |
| Favorite books | The Age of Innocence, Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations |
If you were a pirate, how would you avoid laughing when saying 'poop deck'?
The life of a pirate, like those in a Hobbesian state of nature, was nasty, brutish, and short. Driven in desperation to a life of crime on the harsh seas, I would have little to laugh about.