# Summary of IRC Log from August 30, 2011

* A Guardian article about academic publishers was shared, highlighting concerns about the commercial control of scientific knowledge: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist

* A survey on direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing was discussed, with particular focus on the privacy implications of publishing personal genotyping results versus phenotypic data, noting that genetic information can identify individuals with near-perfect certainty.

* Discussion about whole brain emulation and mind uploading included a reference to Anders Sandberg's work, specifically the "Whole Brain Emulation Roadmap" document: http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/brain-emulation-roadmap-report.pdf

* Participants briefly discussed the theoretical aspects of brain emulation, including computational improvements and thermal management challenges that would be involved in such technology.

* A metadatabase project was mentioned, with users collaborating on editing entries, suggesting an effort to organize transhumanist or technical knowledge.

* A comment about a microchip "smelling up the place" linked to a Hacker News discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2942848