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200+ UK Neuroscientists Reject Obama’s Human Brain Project

Source: occupycorporatism.com
More than 200 “prominent scientists” from Oxford, University College in London and the Max Planck Institute have published an open letter to the European Commission (EC) to demand opting out of the Human Brain Project (HBP).The letter reads in part: “… we wish to express the view that the HBP [Human Brain Project] is not on course and that the European Commission must take a very careful look at both the science and the management of the HBP before it is renewed. We strongly question whether the goals and implementation of the HBP are adequate to form the nucleus of the collaborative effort in Europe that will further our understanding of the brain.”These neuroscientists are asking for an “independent review” of the HBP and explanation for the exorbitant funding this scheme has received for “board-based neuroscience projects” that have no purpose.The neuroscientists that signed the open letter have vowed not to participate in the HBP.In 2013, President Obama devoted an initial $100 million in taxpayer money to fund the HBP.The National Institutes of Health (NIH); DARPA; and privately funded institutions such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the Kavil Foundation (KF), and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (SIBS) will share in the initial $300 million Obama set aside to kick off the project.[...]Read the full article at: occupycorporatism.com


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