Archive for August 8th, 2005

400m World Championships

Monday, August 8th, 2005

I was just looking through the start lists for the 400m at the World Track and Field Championships being held in Helsinki where I noticed some interesting entries:

Athlete
Country
2005
Personal

Battistel Florent
MON
49.59
49.59

Martini Glauco
SMR
50.86
50.86

Gandéga Boubou
MTN
49.52
49.52

Notice anything? I’ll give you a hint: my personal best in the 400m is 49.74, and I am probably best described as a [...]

Consciousness and computation

Monday, August 8th, 2005

I came across an interesting article while browsing msnbc.com. I thought I’d link to it here because it has some connections to my Computer Science Master’s thesis which I have just recently finished writing. The article essentially presents a journalistic summary of recent scientific studies and opinions on the subject of human consciousness. [...]