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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 8:22 am 
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There can be few competitions with such a rich prize - a massive one billion euros.

That's what a team of European scientists are aiming to win. In return they are promising to create a simulated computer version of the human brain.

The Human Brain Project is one of six research... Read More - http://tinyurl.com/LatestMSNews

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How can they simulate something that don't know exactly how it works?

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I wonder what Ray Kurzweil's take on this is..

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