CryoNet #32018 - #32020

CryoNet - Fri 2 Oct 2009

    #32019: Geek funeral [Keith Henson]
    #32020: Consciousness is the brain's Wi-Fi [Keith Henson]

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Message #32019
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 07:25:41 -0700
Subject: Geek funeral
From: Keith Henson <[email protected]>

https://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/29/193234/A-Geek-Funeral

Of course this spawned a cryonics branch of the thread.

I wonder if Alcor's web hits went up?

Keith

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Message #32020
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 08:23:16 -0700
Subject: Consciousness is the brain's Wi-Fi
From: Keith Henson <[email protected]>

 Consciousness is the brain's Wi-Fi, resolving competing requests,
study suggests

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30, 2009 -- Your fingers start to burn after
picking up a hot plate. Should you drop the plate or save your meal?
New research suggests that it is your consciousness that resolves
these dilemmas by serving as the brain's Wi-Fi network, mediating
competing requests from different parts of the body. Published today
in the journal Emotion, the study also explains why we are consciously
aware of some conflicting urges but not others.

http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/prsrelea/fy09/008.html

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