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title: "2 Cerebral Quotes By Ray Kurzweil"
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> [There is one brain organ that is optimised for understanding and articulating logical processes and that is the outer layer of the brain, called the cerebral cortex. Unlike the rest of the brain, this relatively recent evolutionary development is rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/there-is-one-brain-organ-that-is-optimised-for-understanding-and/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

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> [The Blue Brain project expects to have a full human-scale simulation of the cerebral cortex by 2018. I think that's a little optimistic, actually, but I do make the case that by 2029 we will have very detailed models and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/the-blue-brain-project-expects-to-have-a-full-human-scale-simulation/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

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## More by Ray Kurzweil

> [We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/we-are-beginning-to-see-intimations-of-this-in-the-implantation-of/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [The telephone is virtual reality in that you can meet with someone as if you are together, at least for the auditory sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/the-telephone-is-virtual-reality-in-that-you-can-meet-with-someone-as/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [By 2010 computers will disappear. They'll be so small, they'll be embedded in our clothing, in our environment. Images will be written directly to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/by-2010-computers-will-disappear-they-ll-be-so-small-they-ll-be/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [All different forms of human expression, art, science, are going to become expanded, by expanding our intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/all-different-forms-of-human-expression-art-science-are-going-to/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [Doing real world projects is, I think, the best way to learn and also to engage the world and find out what the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/doing-real-world-projects-is-i-think-the-best-way-to-learn-and-also/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary efforts to delay it, and often consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/take-death-for-example-a-great-deal-of-our-effort-goes-into-avoiding/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [By the time we get to the 2040s, we'll be able to multiply human intelligence a billionfold. That will be a profound change that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/by-the-time-we-get-to-the-2040s-we-ll-be-able-to-multiply-human/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [We're democratizing the tools of creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/we-re-democratizing-the-tools-of-creativity/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [A Singularitarian is someone who understands the Singularity and has reflected on its meaning for his or her own life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/a-singularitarian-is-someone-who-understands-the-singularity-and-has/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [A lot of movies about artificial intelligence envision that AIs will be very intelligent but missing some key emotional qualities of humans and therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/a-lot-of-movies-about-artificial-intelligence-envision-that-ais-will/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [The key issue as to whether or not a non-biological entity deserves rights really comes down to whether or not it's conscious… Does it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/the-key-issue-as-to-whether-or-not-a-non-biological-entity-deserves/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [We'll be able to have very intelligent, little robots with computers going inside our bloodstream, keeping us healthy from inside, destroying cancer at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/we-ll-be-able-to-have-very-intelligent-little-robots-with-computers/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [The ethical debates are like stones in a stream. The water runs around them. You haven't seen any biological technologies held up for one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/the-ethical-debates-are-like-stones-in-a-stream-the-water-runs-around/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [By the end of this decade, computers will disappear as distinct physical objects, with displays built in our eyeglasses, and electronics woven in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/by-the-end-of-this-decade-computers-will-disappear-as-distinct/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [As you go out to the 2040s, now the bulk of our thinking is out in the cloud. The biological portion of our brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/as-you-go-out-to-the-2040s-now-the-bulk-of-our-thinking-is-out-in-the/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

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