The Quest for Knowledge 359 4.9 Can we make a robot indistinguishable from a human and cross the uncanny valley? 4.10 What is the tallest building we could build on planet Earth? 4.11 Will we routinely use flying cars by the end of this century? 4.12 Will we have a base on the Moon or Mars in this century? 5. Bi ol ogy Nobel Prize for Medicine 5.1 Why is the placebo effect so strong? 5.2 Can we cure the common cold? 5.3 Is there a generally effective treatment for cancer? 5.4 Can we find a vaccine against HIV? 5.5 Can we cure endemic diseases such as malaria, or is it an arms race? 5.6 How plastic are our genes and is epigenetics a significant factor? 5.7 Can we cure dementia? * 5.8 Can we make a desktop gene sequencer? * 5.9 Will we prove the Kurzweil Hypothesis that technology will allow us to live forever? 5.10 How old will we live to with a reasonable quality of life? 5.11 Can genes jump between organisms? Even participating in whole scale fusion? 5.12 Will we be able to grow organs? 5.13 Will we clone a human from an adult? 5.14 Can we clone a dinosaur? 6. The Mind Nove! Prize for Medicine 6.1 Does the Flynn Effect mean we are really becoming more intelligent? 6.2 What is the nature of consciousness? 6.3 Do we have free will? 6.4 Which is more important: Nature or Nurture? 6.5 What is humor for? 6.6 Do some people have photographic memory? (yes, recent) 6.7 What is the purpose of sleep and, in particular, dreams? 6.8 What is understanding? 6.9 Do we ever truly know something? 6.10 How does the brain think? 6.11 Is the brain a quantum device? 6.12 Why do we get stressed? 6.13 Why are some people more intelligent than others? HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016049