Slate taxpayer money to study brain? #tellusatoday

Right to slate taxpayer money for brain research? Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:

Obama dedicated $100million to map the brain, hoping to shed light on Alzheimer's disease and autism. We asked on Twitter, is the money well-spent?

It's OK. Anything to help find cures or methods to aid against those types of diseases is a good thing.

— @KiloTerrell

I'm a traumatic brain injury survivor with brain damage and movement disorder. I think we know more about outer space than the brain.

— @poempeddler

This money could have gone to something much more useful.

— @Stormy_Jo

We need jobs and a balanced budget with less spending. This is more government waste.

— @truckncargirl

Those diseases change lives in the worst way, and we need to know as much about them as possible!

— @spudlove_

Yes! We know more about the universe than about what's between our ears.

— @mahornbaker

Where at? It all depends on who's doing this research.

— @Davekosar1

I hope part of the $100 million goes to the most prominent neuroscientists/surgeons in the USA.

— @bchaneyRTP2

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