The last bastion of human superiority, the biological brain, is quickly being encircled by technology and science. Its workings no longer baffle us and as Steven Pinker put it in his must-read book ‘How the Mind Works’, what was once a mystery is now a research problem.
Here are two articles that announce the end of an era:
The first offers a profound insight into the intricate workings of our synapses.
The second paves the way for subtle and precise communications between machines and the human brain.
For millions of years, the contents of our skulls represented the most sophisticated intellectual device around. Time to prepare a farewell party.
The Cyborg
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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