I'm halfway in the book (Creating a Mind), he bring out some good points but up to this point I can see that he seems to be omitting some important factors in order to simulate a real brain, ei. the role personality (including values & morals) in learning & the role of the glia.  He might cover this point in a latter chapter.  The Blue Brain Project is very ambitious, but it seems that they want to represent the brain by only considering the neuronal activities, ignoring the chemical activities and other internal/external influence.