So say we all.
And now for some actual science, or at least the prospects of science: President Obama today announced a new research initiative aimed at
better mapping and understanding the human brain:
A senior administration scientist compared the new initiative to the Human Genome Project, in that it is directed at a problem that has seemed insoluble up to now: the recording and mapping of brain circuits in action in an effort to “show how millions of brain cells interact.” […]
Three government agencies will be involved: the National Institutes of Health, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Science Foundation. A working group at the N.I.H., described by the officials as a “dream team,” and led by Cori Bargmann of Rockefeller University and William Newsome of Stanford University, will be charged with coming up with a plan, a time frame, specific goals and cost estimates for future budgets.
The end goal is to better understand how to treat brain injuries and diseases like Alzheimer's, but any such progress is expected to be many years off. Our understanding of the brain is at this point rudimentary, and a great deal of research needs to be done in order to even know the right questions to ask.
You can read Obama's official announcement of the project here.