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Why the Human Brain Project Went Wrong--and How to Fix It
For decades Henry Markram has dreamed of reverse engineering the human brain. In 1994, as a postdoctoral researcher then at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany, he became the first scientist to “patch” two living neurons simultaneously—to apply microscopic pipettes to freshly harvested rat neurons to measure the electrical signals fired between them. The work demonstrated the process by which...
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Uh... "freshly harvested rat neurons...." Doesn't that mean they 'harvested' this rat's brain while it was still living? Pretty sure the answer is yes. People are such ass-hats sometimes.