The Brain is oddly similar to the Universe

[Hamilcar]

In this new study they compared the neural network of the human brain to the cosmic network of galaxies, to examine their respective structures. As it turns out, they highlighted several disturbing similarities and suggest that the same physical processes could be at the origin of the self-organization of these structures, which today are of the same level of complexity.

- neurons and galaxies respectively constitute only a small portion of the mass / energy ratio of the brain and the Universe: nearly 75% are composed only of a "passive" element, namely water in the brain and dark energy in the Universe. In both systems, approximately 10¹⁰-10¹¹ nodes are interconnected via filaments (neuronal and galactic) - considering as a "node" all galaxies of mass comparable or greater than the Milky Way.

- the researchers examined several independent samples of human cerebral cortex. Their cosmological simulation produced a realistic and current distribution of dark matter, ordinary matter, and magnetic fields. At the highest magnification (x40) of the brain sections, the network of neuronal bodies and filaments showed some similarity to the cosmic web.

- To analyze the fluctuations of matter in either system, the scientists calculated the spectral density of each. However, their analysis showed that the fluctuation within the brain - on a scale of 1 micrometer to 0.1 millimeter - followed the same progression as the distribution of matter in the cosmic network, which it extends from 5 million to 500 million light years :




- The researchers also looked at other parameters characterizing the two systems, including the average number of connections for each node and the tendency for multiple connections to cluster around a major central node in the network. Here again, the resemblance was surprising. Which led the two colleagues to believe that the connectivity within these two networks was probably guided by identical physical principles. While the forces regulating galaxies and neurons are obviously completely different ...

"These two complex networks have more similarities between them than what one would observe between the cosmic network and a galaxy or between the neural network and a neuron", summarizes Alberto Feletti.


study : https://www.frontiersin.org/articles...20.525731/full


Fascinating ! What do you guys think of it ?

[Hamilcar]

bump

[Celestia]

left is brain cell, right is universe

[Hamilcar]

left is brain cell, right is universe

Mindblowing, makes me think of another concept that can be applied to universes : natural selection with intelligent life producing new universes while "sterile" universes disappear ....there is almost something mystical and beautiful about the deep nature of our reality/universe. Makes me also think about the string theory with all these vibrant unidimensional cords ...like a cosmic symphony.

[Celestia]

Mindblowing, makes me think of another concept that can be applied to universes : natural selection with intelligent life producing new universes while "sterile" universes disappear ....there is almost something mystical and beautiful about the deep nature of our reality/universe. Makes me also think about the string theory with all these vibrant unidimensional cords ...like a cosmic symphony.

It’s really spectacular and mind blowing when you think about it. There’s images comparing lungs to roots of trees and the stems of eyeballs to river streams.

It’s incredible comparing the patterns, really makes you wonder.

My silly and eccentric theory is that we are all just cells inside a larger organism :-p

[Radimir]

It makes sense, we are made in God's image, after all.

[Hamilcar]

It makes sense, we are made in God's image, after all.

I don't think you should interpret this bible quote too literally

[Radimir]

I don't think you should interpret this bible quote too literally

I meant that we are a product of the universe.