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		weavejester on Nov 8, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Dilbert Is Doomed I agree we are nowhere close. No-one has any real idea of how the brain works, let alone how to build one. However, I wonder if the exponential growth of technology will mean that we'll suddenly see a lot of progress in a short space of time.

pmichaud on Nov 8, 2009 [–]

You're wrong about this -- neuroscientists know quite a bit about the mechanisms that make the brain work. You don't have he same knowledge because it hasn't been popularized and disseminated yet.

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