On the heels of of my post this morning speculating about whether neuroscientists could carry the torch of Apollo in the 21st century, Henry Markram of the Blue Brain project (see here for background information and an amazing video) apparently announced at the TED Global conference today that the creation of a full artificial brain [...]
Archive for July 22nd, 2009
We Choose the Brain?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Apollo, Blue Brain, Henry Markram, Kennedy, Moon Landing, Neuroscience on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Could Neuroscience Be the New Apollo?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Apollo, Apollo 11, Consciousness, Free Will, Moon Landing, NASA, Neuroscience, Paul Bloom, Possibly strained analogies, The Soul on July 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve spent the past few days reveling in various NASA-related media in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s successful landing on the moon, which occurred yesterday. (Strongly recommended is the recent documentary In the Shadow of the Moon, as well as the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, and also this [...]
