I'm a creative coder and game developer passionate about blending technical precision with artistic expression. With a background in medical research, I bring both analytical depth and creativity to everything I build. More generally spoken, I'm a creative theorist, good at understanding abstract concepts. I enjoy reading sophisticated literature and drawing my own conclusions. In my youth I became known in the online community for editing the Hugi Magazine and organizing programming competitions.
In September 2000, when my final year at high school started, the media were reporting about the Human Genome Project. This attempt to sequence the entire human genome fascinated me and while I had previously been mostly interested in computers, my interests now began to shift. In the end I decided to enroll at medical school because I was not only interested in the basic sciences but also in medical applications of modern genetics. At medical school I learned that there were even more fascinating subjects than genetics, such as medical biochemistry and human physiology. Also pathophysiology and pharmacology were quite cool.
Eventually I ended up completing additional degrees in medical informatics and computational intelligence. Then I joined the research group of Dr. Uwe Rohr, which was focusing on the elucidation of the mechanisms how isoflavones as found in fermented soy and red clover have a positive effect in the treatment of severe mental disorders and cancer. We established the hypothesis that isoflavones act by converting stress hormones into immunity hormones. I also coined the term Symbiont Conversion for methods to reprogram bacteria and cancer cells to functional, beneficial tissue (symbionts).
Regarding philosophy: My father was an engineer and had a physicalist view of the world. By contrast, I'm an idealist. At the moment I'm spending much time reading writings of idealist thinkers such as Christopher Langan, Rupert Sheldrake, Bernardo Kastrup and Chad Woodford, and comparing them with my own views.
Regarding intelligence: At the age of 13, I took part in a maths Olympiad competition and, without any preparation, came second out of 149 participants. For my maths teacher, that was enough to diagnose me as "gifted". As an adult, I joined Mensa and soon realized that the other members were no match for me. Shortly before completing my doctorate, I took part in a beta testing session for a new, experimental numerical intelligence test (ENNDT) and achieved the third-best result worldwide, whereupon the host assigned me an IQ of 172. In terms of the absolute number of tasks solved, I was actually second best, and in terms of points scored, I was almost on par with a very well-known American mental athlete who is considered one of the most intelligent people in the world. Many members of high intelligence associations have shown interest in me and sent me friend requests on Facebook. Some of these people are considered to be among the most intelligent people in the world. So I am in regular contact with these people, exchanging ideas. That's why relatively few ideas are foreign to me now. In my opinion, being highly gifted does not automatically mean being a particularly original thinker. To do that, you probably also have to be above-average in creativity - which I am.
This little homepage serves as a repository for my private projects, computer programs (mostly games) and writings.
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