Terry Sejnowski - Understanding the Human Brain

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Understanding the Human Brain was the subject of an editorial in Science, 4 November 2011, written by Terry Sejnowski and Sydney Brenner. It is also a fundamental goal of the Society for Neuroscience, which meets in Washington DC 12-17 November 2011.

Terrence Sejnowski is an HHMI investigator, the Francis Crick Professor and Director of the Crick-Jacobs Center for Theoretical and Computational Biology at the Salk Institute. He is author of several books including The Computational Brain and Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Are.

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[BloodyLisBeth]

@atomiclovekaboom theoretically,everything is good.

but everything is a tool,and when we look at the history of tools' use...goosebumps

[atomiclovekaboom]

@BloodyLisBeth

I would say a blessing. Understanding and truth lead to right action. The more ignorance there is, the more mistakes are made.

[Freigeist20789]

I would say ...instead of an orchestra ...it is more like a free jazz session ...interdepending interaction

[zealot256]

I knew he going to start with "well."

[BloodyLisBeth]

this dream about reading people's minds...I don't know.

blessing,or rather a curse?

[237Michael]

The brain is both the orchestra and the conductor.

[Thinkdeep420]

So many ideas to contemplate.