Comments on: Google's Page urges scientists to market themselves

Page describes several of his areas of interest in science and technology during the hour-long talk, which was a rare engagement for the nerdy billionaire.
Photo: Page on stage
Video: Page talks science

[azareus]

Cognitive research: Online genetic 'games'

Using the Internet to supplement or deconstruct genetic-based components of brain function is not far away. For example, games that can help individuals improve cognitive function while at the same time flagging possible anomalies. Research in this area is now being published (Stanford,etc) and is already available in some products:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17250852&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum
check yourself: http://cognitivelabs.com/mydna_speedtestno.htm

[azareus]

Cognitive research: Online genetic 'games'

Using the Internet to supplement or deconstruct genetic-based components of brain function is not far away. For example, games that can help individuals improve cognitive function while at the same time flagging possible anomalies. Research in this area is now being published (Stanford,etc) and is already available in some products:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17250852&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum
check yourself: http://cognitivelabs.com/mydna_speedtestno.htm

[petermpham2003]

Any discount ???

Any special discount for scientists from Google ?

[petermpham2003]

Any discount ???

Any special discount for scientists from Google ?

[Commander_Spock]

"Google co-founder Larry Page...

... has a theory: your DNA is about 600 megabytes compressed, making it smaller than any modern operating system like Linux or Windows has a theory: your DNA is about 600 megabytes compressed, making it smaller than any modern operating system like Linux or Windows...", so the, it appears that DNAs are incomplete when it comes to the complete computing actions as there appears to be no considerations given to the applications (Networking....) DNA to integrate with those of the Operating Systems' DNA!

[Ted_In_AK]

Economic growth due to scientific progress or marketing?

"Virtually all economic growth (in the world) was due to technological progress."

I must disagree...I posit that (nearly) all economic growth is due to market conditions, not technological conditions. Please disabuse me of my skeptisism, but I ask someone to show me one instance of a technological breakthrough that survived on it's own. Us sheep only buy what is actively marketed to us, not what is actually good for us.

Case-in-point...the Pet Rock. I rest my case.

[Commander_Spock]

"show me one instance...

... of a technological breakthrough that survived on it's own. Us sheep only buy what is actively marketed to us, not what is actually good for us.".: Here is one - THE "WHEEL". Yet, another is the "MICROPROCESSOR" So, there you have two!