Mike Battista’s Blog

I recently read about a drug being developed that will allow people to stay up for 36 hours, or even a few days, at a time, without any of the side effects of things like caffeine.
Now most people will think this is creepy. That we shouldn’t play God and mess with nature like that. [...]

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Consciousness is a very difficult subject to tackle. It’s hard to even define, despite the fact that every one of us experiences it during every (waking?) moment of our lives. It’s even harder to study objectively, given that consciousness is, practically by definition, highly subjective.
Jay Ingram gives it a shot in his [...]

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