The document discusses Blue Brain, which is a project to create a virtual brain through detailed computer simulation. Blue Brain aims to simulate the human brain down to the molecular level by recreating it neuron by neuron. The project hopes to help understand how human intelligence emerges from the brain's physical structure and processes. It could also help cure brain diseases and allow human knowledge and intelligence to persist even after death by uploading brain contents to a computer simulation. However, creating a fully accurate brain simulation presents major technical and ethical challenges.