After ten years, the Human Brain Project, the largest brain research project in the world, is ending. It has made some progress, but schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s have not been defeated. Why the human thinking organ remains a mystery for the time being.
To approach the problem, one could imagine brain researchers as advanced aliens who have just discovered Earth. What a pretty blue planet! Dear researchers, you will now get a lot of coal, and then – if you please – explain to us the earth and what you can do with it. You have ten years.