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Quantum Consciousness - September 13, 2011
I used to have trouble getting to sleep.
Well, okay, I still sometimes have insomnia, but for completely
different reasons.
You see, I used to wonder whether or not, when I awoke in the morning,
I was the same person I had been when I went to sleep the previous
night.
There's a discontinuity involved in sleep - the perpetual awareness of
consciousness turns off for a time. How could I know that I had
not, during that interval, been replaced by an exact duplicate - with
the same appearance, same memories, and (apparently) same
paranoias? It might not matter for the duplicate, but the original me might very well be gone!
Crazy as it sounds....
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Coming Soon
The Science of Immortality - October 2011
October's
Blog will deal with the science behind life extension - it's not
inconceivable that if you live until 2030, you might live far, far
longer. Check back on October 24th!
Who is
Wolfgang?
Wolfgang
received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from The Ohio
State University in 1997. Following his postdoc in the molecular
biology of periodontal pathogens, he worked for LabBook Inc., a
short-lived biotech dot-com in the early 2000's. After LabBook's
demise, he and many of the other principals from LabBook formed
Rescentris Inc., where he still works today.
Wolfgang has two twin boys, Beowulf and Hiro, and the Best
Girlfriend in the World, Christine.
In his spare time (yes, there still is some left over) he is
an avid player of World of Warcraft (Arygos, Snarkhunter, Draeni) and
helps run the Midwest's Largest Sci-Fi & Fantasy Convention, Marcon.
Other Projects
In addition to blogging on random science thoughts, Wolfgang
works as a the senior product specialist & director of support at Rescentris Inc.,
a company dedicated to producting the finest cross-platform general
purpose electronic laboratory notebook for the life sciences and beyond
(it's not just for biology anymore). And when he's done with his
day job, Wolfgang teaches an online graduate course in bioinformatics
for the University of
Maryland University College.
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