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Breathing, walking, being interested in things, experiencing fear: all unconscious and automatic things, and therefore – strictly speaking – not you, sez exurb1a. To wit:
Consciousness is a bit like poop. It’s a mysterious internal process, and if you talk about it at parties you’ll stop getting invited to parties.
Fair enough.
Previously: You Will Never Do Anything Remarkable (Probably)
The Mercedes-Benz S 500 ‘Intelligent Drive’ research vehicle recently completed its first long range test drive:
…100 kilometers from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, under real traffic conditions and complex situations including traffic lights, roundabouts, pedestrians, cyclists and trams.
A convincing, if rather unnerving performance.
The AutoBike NuVinci N360 ($1000) has onboard terrain-detecting sensors linked via computer to an automatic gear-shifter, all powered by a dynamo.
Finally – dynamic cycling for the thumbless.