It's already commonplace to hear that the next great surge in biomedical science, already well underway, will be in the field of neurobiology, and I agree with this one. I have no trouble at all in accepting the prediction that the events ahead in our comprehension of the human brain, including those strangest of all natural phenomena—human consciousness, awareness and language— are going to sweep us off our feet someday.
The trouble with saying things like this is that when the astonishments do begin coming in, some will be heard to say "Ah, yes, that's exactly the kind of thing I knew was going to happen. No surprise at all; my group told you so."
But maybe we should each be allowed just one prediction, and not one so general in nature. Something more specific and explicit than, say, the prediction that human consciousness will someday come into view.
Well, ...
