Brain science
In high school, I was so fascinated by the brain’s complexity that I wanted to become a brain researcher. But I figured that so little was known and progress was so slow that it would be a frustrating plod.
I didn’t then appreciate the power of exponential technological progress. We’ve still unlocked only the brain’s rudimentary secrets, but we’ve already come much further in twenty years than I then imagined possible in my lifetim. And the next twenty years will bring astonishing advances (unless humanity destroys itself… an ever-present danger in a species lacking wisdom and self-control commensurate with its technology).
I now keep up with some of these advances by subscribing to the wonderful Scientific American Mind. It’s full of fascinating new discoveries about the human brain.
Posted by James on Tuesday, February 03, 2009