[ExI] 21 scientific research projects starting this fall that could change the world

[Keith Veronese]

I agree, transhuman projects need more funding, but the establishment of the
NSF Engineering Center for
Sensorimotor Neural Engineering does lend it some credibility and bring it
away from the fringes. It's a first big step - it's going to take a
phenomenal amount of corporate and government funding, but this is one way
for the movement to build in the time being.


- Keith Veronese, Ph.D.

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Brent Allsop <brent.allsop at canonizer.com>wrote:

> Hi Adrian,
>
> Oh, OK, I didn't see that.  Thanks!  I guess that's at least a start.
>
> But still, big woop, $18 million.  What can you do with that, fund a
> handful of researchers on small projects?  We spend way more than 10
> times that on one rocket launch.  That's less than a drop in the
> bucket compared to the many "big" science projects humanity is now so
> enamored over.
>
> Why are transhumanists, in general, so unwilling to put out any effort
> to try to change any of this?  It doesn't even seem like they are
> willing to do anything like sign a what is your top priority petition
> like this one:  http://canonizer.com/topic.asp/90/3 .
>
> Brent Allsop
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Brent Allsop
> > <brent.allsop at canonizer.com> wrote:
> >> Things like this are totally frustrating to me, as other than some
> >> special 'hydrogell' that can promote natural nerve repair, most big
> >> science projects are completely ignoring the brain / consciousness.
> >
> > Read further.  Check the entry on the NSF Engineering Center for
> > Sensorimotor Neural Engineering.
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