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To: combjelly who wrote (800950)	8/11/2014 3:07:57 PM
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>> In the past 5 or so years ago, we have gained a lot of understanding how brains work. Right. And still have very little understanding compared to what there is to understand. >> We have broken the code of retinas. That might be a bit of an overstatement, but progress has been made. I know there have been articles claiming it. These are very small increments, however. >> Heck, they have even replaced part of the brain that is important to long term memory in a rat with a chip. Not only can they retain long term memory, their memory is better. There is a lot of exciting research happening. Still, no one understands such fundamental activities as what goes on in the midbrain or frontal cortex or how "traffic" is routed. While I believe Kurzweil is a visionary, I also believe he is overly optimistic about the Singularity. It is coming, but there are many exogenous factors (notably, the US federal government) which will slow it down.

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