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About miser

Name

Matthew

Occupation

Computer scientist

Orientation

Straight

Star Sign

Aquarius

About me

This list is me, in as much as a list can be me:

- My core belief is that what the world needs most is compassion and rationality
- I lived in France for a year whilst working as a computer scientist at CERN
- I want to become an essayist; I write on ethics, philosophy, computer science and society
- I'm vegetarian because I see killing animals for food to be unnecessary
- I speak Esperanto and a little French, but would like to learn Japanese, Spanish and Latin
- My politics are left-wing and progressive
- My favourite film is Amélie; my favourite band is Asian Kung-Fu Generation
- I buy more books than I read
- I don't believe in free will
- I used to be a Christian but am now an atheist
- My Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is INTJ ('The Scientist')
- My favourite colour is green

Academic Info

BSc Software Engineering 2012
Computer scientist for CMS experiment at CERN 2010-2011

BTEC Nat Dip IT Practitioners 2007 (Triple distinction)
College award for outstanding achievement 2006-2007

Nominated for North Somerset award for contribution to local sport 2006

Future ambitions if I have the money:
BA Philosophy
BA Psychology

So you wanna know my GCSEs, huh?
1 B (Religious Studies)
4 Cs (Maths, English language, English literature, Psychology)
3 Ds (Double Science, IT)
1 E (Graphics Design)
1 U (Music)

Interests

Philosophy, psychology, politics, computer science, writing (essays), aikido, reading, programming (C++, C#, PHP), juggling, chess, anime, badminton

Website

Journal of Interest