Best of the Brain

INCIDENT:
Slate just put out a special issue on the brain. There was an article about the five biggest neuroscience developments of the year, which frankly is mind boggling. It is amazing how this work is illuminating new aspects of brain function in shorter and shorter timelines. But the multitude of ethical issues that will result from neuroscience research will certainly take neuroscience into everyone's vernacular.

MORAL:
As humans, we are intellectually curious about everything. But do we ever consider the consequences of our inquisitiveness? Don't they say that ignorance is bliss? The resulting ethical questions that evolve from our inquiries is enough to make me wonder... What will the future hold as a civilization?