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Re:IBM setting out to build an electronic brain by bfrs on Saturday December 10, 2011 @11:35PM (#3339277)
I hope this doesn't end as another "cat brain" fiasco:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2898229

Since the original critique by Henry Markram has been removed from the bluebrain website, I wish if anyone can confirm that the pasted exchange actually took place.

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Re:IBM setting out to build an electronic brain by bfrs on Sunday December 11, 2011 @07:38PM (#3341659)
Here is an authentic source for Markram's critique of the "Cat out of the bag" paper:

http://news.discovery.com/tech/cat-brain-computer-hype.html

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