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The traditional sport of guessing what will happen in the next twelve months is more cheerful this year than in the recent past. But anything could go wrong.
The difficulties of making progress in neuroscience stem from the difficulty of formulating interesting (and answerable) questions. Should not associative networks be given more attention?