(ORDO NEWS) — If you visit the Internet often enough, then you have probably seen pictures comparing the Universe with the human brain.
And this does not mean its soft and sinuous gray matter. It’s about the microscopic connections between its nerve cells, which are known as “neurons”.
Indeed, if you look closely at the panoramic portrait of the universe, it becomes obvious that it is strikingly similar to an enlarged picture of the neurons found in the human brain.
Galaxies and Neurons
Luminous nodes are entire galaxies filled with hundreds of billions of stars that stretch like limbs to other galaxies. The brain also has nodes, which are clusters of neurons. They are connected by cell processes of dendrites and axons with other neurons.
But this similarity is not only between the human brain and the cosmos. Networks of tree roots, ant colonies, glowing city lights seen from space, and more all exhibit similar network forms of nodes and channels.
Perhaps such networks are the most efficient form such objects can have. Whether information is conveyed by water molecules through the roots of trees or by ant mandibles through the tunnels of an anthill, it moves from node to node according to the needs of the system as efficiently as possible.
The difference in scale between the human brain and the universe is simply enormous. And she is incomprehensible.
One thing is clear: the Universe is “a billion billion billion billion billion” orders of magnitude larger than the human brain. However, comparing some of their proportions leaves an eerie feeling.
Coincidences between the universe and the brain
Too many similarities for it to be a coincidence. An astrophysicist and a neuroscientist teamed up to compare the similarities between the universe and networks of neurons in the brain. Despite the significant difference in scale, these two complex systems are strikingly similar.
There are about 70 billion neurons in the human cerebellum. And in the observable part of the universe – 100 billion galaxies.
About 77% of the brain is filled with water, and 72% of the universe is a mysterious, all-pervading dark energy.
The spectral density of cerebellar cells ranges from 1 micrometer to 0.1 millimeter. And the density of the space network is from 5 million to 500 million light years. Which corresponds to the same distribution order.
Using different but comparable sample sizes, it turns out that the human brain has an average of 4.6 to 5.4 connections per node. And space – from 3.8 to 4.1 connections per node.
In each of the systems, about 25% of its mass and energy are directly related to the flow of information and energy. And this list is endless.
The universe is like a huge human brain, scientists have found.
Obviously, the Universe is like a colossal brain. But if it is the brain, then where is the body?
Whose brain is this? Could it be that we humans are just atoms in a cosmic god’s neural network spanning many galaxies?
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