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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 8 Jul 2014

    Hare-brained: Throw a billion Euros at 1 guy to understand the brain. Neuroscientists protest: http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2014/07/european-neuroscientists-revolt-against-e-u-s-human-brain-project …

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      1. julio nieves‏ @jnvk2m 10 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker // I believe @BarackObama has throw USD 4.3billion to similar endeveour..where is the revolt here?

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      1. Sean Hill‏ @wake_sleep 10 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker Here's the official HBP response to the open letter on neurofutures.eu http://bit.ly/1tqGD4j 

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      1. Yamil Maldonado‏ @YamilMaldonado 9 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker

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      1. Michael Jones‏ @mickjones61 8 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker Seems incredible but then most launches into new ways of seeing and understanding things look unbelievable to start with.

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      1. Alan Toogood‏ @alantoogood 8 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker I'd like to know more clearly where you stand on this project. You are a leading authority in this area after all.

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      1. Melissa R. Cooper‏ @mcforensicart 8 Jul 2014
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        .@sapinker With no more sense than a hare, safe to say hair-sized brain also applicable. http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2014/07/european-neuroscientists-revolt-against-e-u-s-human-brain-project …

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      1. John‏ @johnpm 8 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker I wonder how or why it is so expensive,I am sure if they wait 10 years a kid will knock it up in his bedroom as a science project

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      1. slade grantham‏ @SladeGrantham 8 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker anytime the government gets involved with intelligence research we all get dumber.

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      1. slade grantham‏ @SladeGrantham 8 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker Imagine your post if they threw a billion to you.

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      1. John‏ @johnpm 8 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker 1 billion would be better spent on research on brain illnesses as with our aging populations will be epidemic

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      1. EileenN‏ @datagoodies 8 Jul 2014
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        Let the gaming begin: @sapinker: Hare-brained: Throw a billion Euros at 1 guy to understand the brain. Neuro protest: http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2014/07/european-neuroscientists-revolt-against-e-u-s-human-brain-project …

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      1. Odo Sor‏ @odo_sor 8 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker How much more money do you think they need?

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      1. MadBOOsudan Katti  🕷 🕸 🦇 🦉‏ @leafwarbler 8 Jul 2014
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        “@sapinker: Hare-brained: Throw a billion Euros at 1 guy to understand the brain. Neuroscientists protest: http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2014/07/european-neuroscientists-revolt-against-e-u-s-human-brain-project …”

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