Avital Pilpel
avital.pilpel@avitalpilpel.com
Haifa, Israel
Haifa, Israel
My Hobbies and Interests
Irrationality
As noted on my home page, my interest in rational decision making and belief change naturally led me to interest in irrational decision making and belief change.
I ocassionally comment on the Quatloos! blog of financial scams. Some skeptical web sites I visit -- investigating all sorts of irrational beliefs and behaviors, from astrology to zombies, are Free Inquiry magazine, Skeptic magazine, Richard Dawkins' web site, and the JREF.
Chess
I am an amateur chess player and chess historian, specializing in the history of chess in Israel and Mandatory Palestine. Please visit my blog.
I am currently writing (in my spare time) a book about the subject, covering the period 1919 (when the first chess club was established) to 1964 (the Tel Aviv chess olympiad). If you have any relevant material, I would be very glad if you contact me.
For more information about chess in Israel, visit the Israeli Chess Federation's website (in Hebrew). For more about general chess history, visit Edward Winter's Chess Notes. Want to play chess on the internet for free? Visit FICS.
Books
My library currently contains ca. 5000 books. Most of them are in philosophy (of course), history, and mathematics, with a large section of fiction.
The largest book store on the internet is, of course, Amazon. If you are interested in rare and/or out-of-print Hebrew-language books, the best place is Promised Land Books.
As noted on my home page, my interest in rational decision making and belief change naturally led me to interest in irrational decision making and belief change.
I ocassionally comment on the Quatloos! blog of financial scams. Some skeptical web sites I visit -- investigating all sorts of irrational beliefs and behaviors, from astrology to zombies, are Free Inquiry magazine, Skeptic magazine, Richard Dawkins' web site, and the JREF.
Chess
I am an amateur chess player and chess historian, specializing in the history of chess in Israel and Mandatory Palestine. Please visit my blog.
I am currently writing (in my spare time) a book about the subject, covering the period 1919 (when the first chess club was established) to 1964 (the Tel Aviv chess olympiad). If you have any relevant material, I would be very glad if you contact me.
For more information about chess in Israel, visit the Israeli Chess Federation's website (in Hebrew). For more about general chess history, visit Edward Winter's Chess Notes. Want to play chess on the internet for free? Visit FICS.
Books
My library currently contains ca. 5000 books. Most of them are in philosophy (of course), history, and mathematics, with a large section of fiction.
The largest book store on the internet is, of course, Amazon. If you are interested in rare and/or out-of-print Hebrew-language books, the best place is Promised Land Books.
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