I've always been drawn to important problems that at the foundations of society - problems that are important, solvable and neglected. I'm also interested in questions of truth - how do we know what is true and what is false?

Climate change is an odd topic for me because it's important and solvable, but not really neglected or foundational. When I encountered climate science denial, on the other hand, it really touched upon my interest in truth. It challenged me to figure out how I could be sure whether I was right about climate science when dismissives were telling me with such absolute, unwavering confidence that I was wrong; it challenged me to puzzle over the question of what caused them think differently (and being unemployed, well, I had enough time to figure some of that out.) After spending a lot of time contributing to discussions on Denial101x/SkS, I was invited to join the all-volunteer team at SkS.

I am a software engineer by trade, and I aspire toward effective altruism and rationalism. My interests include science & technology, communication, big picture thinking, utilitarian consequentialism, programming language design, international auxiliary languages, electoral reform, corruption reform, nuclear reactors, and, of course, climate science. I've never been a real scientist, but at least I've spent some time watching the sausage being made.