Human Brain Project responds to open letter
The Human Brain Project has responded to the open letter from neurofuture.eu criticising the project. It says 'The members of the HBP are saddened by the open letter posted on neurofuture.eu on 7 July 2014 as we feel that it divides, rather than unifies, our efforts to understand the brain. However, we recognise that the signatories have important concerns about the project. We invite the signatories to discuss their concerns in a direct scientific exchange with scientists leading the HBP and its subprojects'.
'The fundamental objective of the HBP is to serve the neuroscience, medical and computing communities worldwide. Our hope is that this project will unite these communities and that, together with the Partnering Projects, we will be able to make significant broad advances. The HBP is not a funding mechanism and unfortunately it cannot include all relevant and worthy work at all stages. The HBP aims to unify by building technologies that everyone, including the signatories of the open letter, finds useful. Our strongest hope is that we can work together and make the HBP a model Flagship for Europe'.
