Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain

(ScienceBlogs::Pharyngula) – PZ Myers:

His latest claim is that we’ll be able to reverse engineer the human brain within a decade. By reverse engineer, Kurzweil means that we’ll be able to write software that simulates all the functions of the human brain. He’s not just speculating optimistically, though: he’s building his case on such awfully bad logic that I’m surprised anyone still pays attention …

scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/ray…

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