Babies don't do a whole lot after they are born. Perhaps they can model an adult brain from the start, but I doubt it will act very human without years of experiencing the sensory
input of a human body. The way the human senses are wired to the brain I suspect has a lot to do with how the brain is segmented into areas with specific tasks. What a human brain-like lump of simulated neurons will be able to do is anyones guess. I'm sure looking forward to any experiments, even though this opens up a pandora's box of ethical dilemmas.
Will the simulated brain feel pain? Have fears?
Henry Markram seems too optimistic, but if he's right then this might be the starting shot for the singularity.
If the LHC creates a black hole that swallows the earth, at least we will have solved Fermi's Paradox.
New York... when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you. - David Letterman