Monday, February 18, 2013

For Liberals, This Will take 15 Minutes

From the Denver Post: The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity, seeking to do for the brain what the Human Genome Project did for genetics.
The project, which the administration has been looking to unveil as early as March, will include federal agencies, private foundations and teams of neuroscientists and nanoscientists in a concerted effort to advance the knowledge of the brain's billions of neurons and gain greater insights into perception, actions and, ultimately, consciousness.
Scientists with the highest hopes for the project also see it as a way to develop the technology essential to understanding diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and to find new therapies for a variety of mental illnesses.
Moreover, the project holds the potential to pave the way for advances in artificial intelligence.
The project, which could ultimately cost billions of dollars, is expected to be part of the president's budget proposal next month. And four scientists and representatives of research institutions said they had participated in planning for what is being called the Brain Activity Map project.
Read more: Obama administration plans decade-long effort to map the brain - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_22611751/brains-puzzle#ixzz2LFI7x9LN
With conservatives, it will take a much longer time.
With liberals, all they will find is the jealousy gene and "tax you" gene.

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