Nicole Jiang

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Hi!! It's Nicole again. Outside of astrophysics and career-goal-adjacent stuff, I'm very interested in philosophy (namely metaphysics and epistemology, though interdisciplinary questions are my favourite). I have many interests, collections, and hobbies I'd like to share with you on this page... Please enjoy!

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Reading

My current favourite book is The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera (Michael Henry Heim translation). I like his essayistic prose and enjoy reading other books within the realm of literary fiction, philosophical fiction, and surrealism. As for papers, I recently read Derek Parfit's 1971 paper on personal identity and took a liking to his theory. More casually, I like to read comics and manga also. Some favourites include the House of Slaughter Vol. 2 and the Heaven's Design Team series. I'm also a big fan of all of Joshua Barkman's works!

Watching

My favourite YouTube channels are Jacob Geller and Daryl Talks Games. If you like video essays about video games and/or philosophy and psychology, I highly recommend! I also really like the 2007 anime Mononoke, and am currently watching Steins;Gate. Regarding Western media, I like Superbad, BoJack Horseman and Dead Poets Society.

Gaming

My favourite games include Batman: Arkham Knight and UNBEATABLE. I also enjoy the occasional two-week Minecraft phase, and unfortunately have been finding myself going back to League of Legends more often than I would like to admit (though mostly Aram)...

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Collections

Natural Things

I like gardening and plant-keeping, so I collect dried flowers and press them sometimes also. I also like collecting rocks and fossils. Catch me at the beach with a hammer just throwing shale around.

Scrapbook

I hoard (and organize) a bunch of junk and like making scrapbooks with it. Everything has sentimental value! Here are some pages I like in particular.

Pokémon Cards

Here are some of my favourite Pokémon cards from my collection! You're just going to have to trust that I actually have them.

Food

I'm a big snacker, and tend to eat more appetizers and starters than fully balanced meals... My family is from Chengdu, so I grew up eating Sichuan cuisine and naturally have a strong comfort attachment to snacks like jelly noodles, bell dumplings, and sour+spicy noodles. However, I've been making an effort to try all sorts of foods and have found that I also really enjoy udon, laugenstange, Italian sandwiches, and French-style beef tartare!

I like contributing to Google Maps too! Find me here⁠

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