Sunday, May 10, 2009

Blue Brain

I honestly have mixed feelings regarding this project.  One part of me thinks that it is amazing.  It gives us an idea of how complex and powerful our brains are and the resources that it would give scientists and doctors are incredible.  The discussion we had in class about how this could be used to simulate a drug's affect on the body was very interesting and almost had me convinced that this is an invaluable tool.  

The other side of me can't get science fiction movies out of my head.  Whenever a machine was made to simulate a human brain, it always ended badly. 

I guess my main question would be how far do we take this?  Would scientists stop at creating a model of a brain or would they eventually want to put that brain into a model of a body?  Would they eventually give this brain memories and emotions?  At what point do we decide that enough is enough?

1 comment:

  1. I do agree with you regarding how fascinating the blue brain project. and also i have mix feelings also with the project.

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