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Is it feasible or desirable to ever completely understand the human brain?
We are gradually increasing our minute knowledge of the human brain, how it works, how it responds and changes. However, we still know very little of how it truly works and the depth of functions it enacts.
Will we ever get there? And is it really something that is going to benefit us or are we likely to do more harm than good?
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cognitive psychology neuroscience
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Jimmy Strobl 50+
Deeper understanding of the brain might/will allow us to cure brain diseases, make people happier and allow for better education among many things.
However it may also be used to control people better, allowing new ways of brainwashing and so on.
I believe that it is possible for us to fully understand the brain but it will surely take some time before we do so, however the benefits will outweigh the possible threats.
Here are three exiting TED Talks about the human brain:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/allan_jones_a_map_of_the_brain.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/jeff_hawkins_on_how_brain_science_will_change_computing.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind.html
Henry Woeltjen 10+
Jimmy Strobl 50+