Last I saw anything of it, the EU brain Flagship project had lots of actual brain scientist unhappy about having almost no scientific or professional benefit from the huge public spending, and one happy Henry Markram for having the final say that huge chunks of the money should go into his guys building a really, really big computer.
I foresee a Big Science project with little to no benefit for meteorology, climatology, geology, etc and a lot of public money going into building a really, REALLY big computer.
Which isn't necessarily a bad thing to buy per se, but if the intent really was to understand Earth, they'd be better off putting the money into fundamental research in the Earth sciences.
I foresee a Big Science project with little to no benefit for meteorology, climatology, geology, etc and a lot of public money going into building a really, REALLY big computer.
Which isn't necessarily a bad thing to buy per se, but if the intent really was to understand Earth, they'd be better off putting the money into fundamental research in the Earth sciences.