{"id":28469,"date":"2010-08-17T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/ray-kurzweil-does-not-understand-the-brain-counterpoint\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T21:00:00","slug":"ray-kurzweil-does-not-understand-the-brain-counterpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/ray-kurzweil-does-not-understand-the-brain-counterpoint.php","title":{"rendered":"Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand the Brain [Counterpoint]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--  div style=\"background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;\"&gt;<a title=\"Click here to read Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand the Brain\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/counterpoint\/\"><span>#<\/span><span>counterpoint<\/span><\/a>&lt;\/div --><div><a title=\"Click here to read Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand the Brain\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5614927\/ray-kurzweil-does-not-understand-the-brain\"><br>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" height=\"120\" width=\"160\" alt=\"Click here to read Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand the Brain\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/16104_160x120_raykurz2.jpg\"><br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/div><\/div><p>\t\t\t\t<em><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/\">PZ Myers<\/a>&mdash;a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris&mdash;has a thing or three to say about <a title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #raykurzweil\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/raykurzweil\/\">Ray Kurzweil<\/a>'s claim that we'll <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5614170\/reverse+engineering-of-human-brain-likely-by-2020\">reverse engineer the brain by 2020<\/a>. Personal attacks aside, he makes some strong points. <\/em>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5614927\/ray-kurzweil-does-not-understand-the-brain\" title=\"Click here to read more about Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand the Brain [Counterpoint]\">More&nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=02eaf85e1a7286049fa38225aa8f3527&amp;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aeecd_img.phdo?s=02eaf85e1a7286049fa38225aa8f3527&amp;p=1\"><\/a><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aeecd_pixel?code=TechCons&amp;partnerID=167&amp;key=segment\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aeecd_p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.28252.rss.TechCons.5726,cat.TechCons.rss\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=k7K1QfFp7ls:3s9z10nfjto:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aeecd_full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=k7K1QfFp7ls:3s9z10nfjto:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aeecd_full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=k7K1QfFp7ls:3s9z10nfjto:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aeecd_full?i=k7K1QfFp7ls:3s9z10nfjto:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=k7K1QfFp7ls:3s9z10nfjto:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aeecd_full?i=k7K1QfFp7ls:3s9z10nfjto:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aeecd_k7K1QfFp7ls\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PZ Myers&mdash;a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris&mdash;has a thing or three to say about Ray Kurzweil's claim that we'll reverse engineer the brain by 2020. Personal attacks aside, he makes some strong points. 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