Is there any reason why they'll end up with a human brain instead of a lizard's? And what about teaching it? A human brain requires a human body to learn.
This is cargo-cult science. They'll be lucky to end up with anything useful, except 20 years' government funding!8-)) This project could be almost as good a gravy train for researchers as Cyc (20 years without significant results and still funded).
> Is there any reason why they'll end up with a human
> brain instead of a lizard's?
Don't accuse people of cargo-cult science without a basic understanding of brain anatomy. There are vast differences in physiology and anatomy between mammalian and primate brains, let alone the CNS of a lizard. Also, nobody's growing a brain here -- they're building a mature forebrain.
This is cargo-cult science. They'll be lucky to end up with anything useful, except 20 years' government funding!8-)) This project could be almost as good a gravy train for researchers as Cyc (20 years without significant results and still funded).