The 30,000 Futures of the Brain

[jeffreyrogers]

https://medium.com/@neuroecology/the-30-000-futures-of-the-brain-d857e3fbec55

[etrautmann]

I'm a PhD student in one of the labs referenced in this piece, and overwhelmingly agree with Adam's main point. There are many levels of abstraction from cellular and molecular processes all the way up to behavior and cognition, and we should continue supporting and funding the diversity of research that exists across all of these levels.

Encouragingly, the planing for Obama's BRAIN initiative is led by excellent neuroscientists (Cori Bargmann and Bill Newsome) who carefully articulate this vision throughout the planning process for this multi-year initiative.

[bostonpete]

"If you would like see things straight out of a a science fiction movie, you should visit a neuroscience laboratory."

I lose some of my will to keep reading when I encounter a typo in the first sentence of a long article...

[girvo → bostonpete]

That's a shame, because in my opinion this article is well worth a read, and the content far more important than a small typo.