Here’s an interesting article about the Blue Brain project. The author asks what would happen if scientists actually managed to simulate a human brain. Would turning off the computer be considered murder? Hmmm…
In related news, the NIH announced last month that it was launching “the Human Connectome Project to Unravel the Brain’s Connections.” According to the release, “the Human Connectome Project (HCP) will yield insight into how brain connections underlie brain function, and will open up new lines of inquiry for human neuroscience.” Wonder what Paul Allen thinks of this given that it sounds very similar to what his organization is trying to do.
Blue Brain project