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Futurist or random number generator?

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Hmmm…
Ray Kurzweil from Salon/bigthink.com on simulating the human brain:

I think he might be right that we can simulate the brain before we understand it, however.

Posted in Artificial intelligence, Cortex, Discussion, Neural network models, Theory/Philosophy | 1 Comment »

Nature: It’s good to blog

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Posted in Discussion, Internet and blogs | 1 Comment »

Nature podcast on ethical considerations of neural prosthetics

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

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Letting scientists off the leash

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

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Conference on Neuroprosthetic Devices

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Tags: Conference, Deep Brain Stimulation, Neuroprosthetic Devices, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Taiwan
Posted in Conferences, Discussion, Neural prosthetics, Neuroengineering | No Comments »

NIH stimulus funding: Some (mostly) good news

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

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Interdisciplinary academic jobs or not?

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Posted in Discussion, Jobs | 3 Comments »

Social neuroscience fMRI: Specious correlations?

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Posted in Cognitive science, Data analysis, Discussion, Imaging, Neuroethology | No Comments »

Neuroscience of voting

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Posted in Cortex, Discussion, Evolution | 1 Comment »

Aging faculty and the decline of liberalism in universities

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Posted in Cog/neuro science careers, Discussion, Education | No Comments »

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