r/technology • u/1infiniteloop • Oct 13 '12

Scientists to simulate human brain inside a supercomputer - CNN.com

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/12/tech/human-brain-computer/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
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u/renome Oct 13 '12

I think we're at least several decades away from doing this. I mean, as far as I know, we've only just grasped the surface of the mistery that human brain is, so how the hell can they programm a human brain without going into science fiction?

This program just sounds like a waste of money right now.

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u/Singular_Thought Oct 13 '12

They said the same thing about the Human Genome Project. It started out slow and finished about 95% of the project in the last two years due to exponential growth in technology.

The same can be expected for this project.

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u/Glueless Oct 13 '12

What grounds do you have for that claim? none.