White House pitches brain mapping project

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Comments

[gambitia]

BRAIN Initiative sounds like some sort of comic book plot.

That said, always yay for science!

[ayarane]

They should recruit Maurice LaMarche (the voice of The Brain) to narrate any promotional videos related to this project. >:D

[writerdoc]

I think this is awesome, but as a future MD, I am biased. ;)

[rhysande]

I think this is awesome, too, but as someone with relatives diagnosed with dementia, I am biased.

[writerdoc]

Touché! Awesome all around then. :)

[chaya]

He said the Human Genome Project, completed in 2003, had paid $140 for every dollar invested.

We need this put on billboards, skywritten, etc.

[gambitia]

There was an excellent post on Slate, I think, by the scientist studying duck penises defending her work. Most great discoveries in science are made by accident, or by years of study in apparently unrelated topics. So to make more great discoveries, we really should be doing as much science as possible. It will pay off!

[cozmic_oceanz]

yay

[moonshaz]

I LOVE this!

Of course, the Repugs won't. They'll SAY it's because money, but the real reason is that they're afraid someone will try to map THEIR brains and find out they haven't got any!