I like to think of myself as a tolerant and tolerable person. I'm curious, talkative and a nerd. I'm very passionate about subjects like the origin and nature of consciousness, the existence of free will and the consequences thereof, our future robotic overlords, the Cypriot Problem, the nature of European solidarity as pictured by the recent refugee crisis and the issue of Catalan independence, etc etc.

Above everything, I'm a learner. If you have knowledge and passion for something, I want to listen to you.

If you want me to host you, send me a message at panagiotou.filippos at outlook dot com and save your introductory message. I am migrating to Bewelcome because I find it distasteful that a capitalist would look to profit from something that I give for free. Come join me on Bewelcome. (profile: https://www.bewelcome.org/members/mkhull)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

This site tends to attract very interesting people. I enjoy extending my hospitality, and meeting new people is exciting.

Interests

Beer is my vice, especially when it comes to weiss. I used to read a lot of books. I used to, because books are expensive and the internet is readily available :P I got fat on a combination of beer, good food and PC gaming. Camping with friends didn't help either ;)

Break glass in case you need an overly excited massive gorilla raving about how much the rate of scientific developments would increase if we had an AI better than us in producing AIs better than us [repeat ad infinitum].

Robotics. Wanna get into, if you have a cool robot do show me! Which reminds me, check out this sick cellular automaton! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Gospers_glider_gun.gif You can implement a guy that looks similar in CSS. He is super special and his name is Rule 110. Because of him you can create every program you want in CSS because Rule 110 is Turing Complete!

Concerning politics: I used to identify as an anarcho-communist, but I am moving towards post-leftism, as the Left has basically surrendered the economic argument to the neoliberals. I will be more than happy to share my disdain for most current political developments.

• dogs
• books
• cooking
• drones
• politics
• video games
• board games
• chess
• reading
• guitar
• camping
• sports
• volleyball
• computer science
• geopolitics
• neuroscience
• philosophy
• physics
• psychology
• science
• sociology
• food
• sea
• programming
• beach volleyball
• deep conversations
• machine learning
• artificial intelligence
• dungeons and dragons

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Greek rock, some reggae, and Greek Entechno.

Movies:
The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Dark Knight, The Godfather trilogy, Zohan and my all time favourite, Ender's Game.

Book authors:
J.R.R. Tolkien, Umberto Eco, Paulo Coelho, Gabriel García Márquez, J.K. Rowling, Noah Gordon, Naguib Mahfouz.

I will not forget reading Giobbe Covatta's Bible for the God unfearing! "Afterwards, He created the Octopus, ancient ancestor of the Italian Mafia, which immediately submitted an offer for the development of the Camel, because animals with humps, like Berlusconi, were already getting along crazy well with the Mafia and its tentacles."

P.S. if you've read that far into my profile, include that quote for an extra boost in hosting chances.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Between psychology, neuroscience and machine learning, I am positioning myself to make the most out of understanding the world. I want to understand more physics, chemistry and anthropology.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a bit about about quantum physics, philosophy (especially of the mind), cognitive psychology/behaviorism (I explicitly do not care about other psychology disciplines), neuroscience, artificial intelligence, most anything computers, I don't know. If you saw something else in my profile that interests you, I will be happy to talk about it.

Chess. I can teach you the basics or specific mating patterns.

Do you want to know how neural networks work? I'm your man.

I know a lot about the way the brain handles episodic memory -those memories that are so vivid that we see them again playing before our eyes.

I'm a learner; if you know anything remotely related to my interests, please teach me about it!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can make good food occasionally :)

I am willing to share the story of how I was defeated in a game of wits by the treacherous ruminant that is my goat.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Netherlands