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About Me :
I'm a grownup nerd living in the Boston burbs. I write computer programs for a living and plays for fun.
I'm married to a wonderful woman, and we share a nice little house with our daughter and our cats.
I'm a humanist, a technologist, an artist, and an idealist. I believe in reason, freedom, love, equality,
and democracy. (Did I mention that I'm
an idealist? I did, OK.)
I'm also a pragmatist and an empiricist. I reject ideology and dogma, especially when they conflict with
practical facts (i.e., pretty much always). I particularly hate willful ignorance, which tends to go hand-in-hand
with ideology and dogma.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Saturday, January 31, 2004
President Match: Find Your Perfect President
I just wandered over to President Match, which I discoverd was fun and kind-of useful, especially if you're not sure who you like in this horse race. The site has a little Q-and-A (nice user interface) that lets you check your opinions on the issues against the various candidates for president. I was a little surprised to discover that according to President Match, John Kerry was actually a closer match for me (at 93%) than Howard Dean (87%). Actually, the whole pack of Democrats scored in the 80s with the exception of Lieberman, who, not surprisingly, was the least closely aligned with my preferences at, at 71%. Bush's score: 5%. [ Not as good as his Texas Air National Guard Pilot Aptitude test score (25%) ] Anyway, try it, it's fun and possibly informative.
I just wandered over to President Match, which I discoverd was fun and kind-of useful, especially if you're not sure who you like in this horse race. The site has a little Q-and-A (nice user interface) that lets you check your opinions on the issues against the various candidates for president. I was a little surprised to discover that according to President Match, John Kerry was actually a closer match for me (at 93%) than Howard Dean (87%). Actually, the whole pack of Democrats scored in the 80s with the exception of Lieberman, who, not surprisingly, was the least closely aligned with my preferences at, at 71%. Bush's score: 5%. [ Not as good as his Texas Air National Guard Pilot Aptitude test score (25%) ] Anyway, try it, it's fun and possibly informative.