The Universe Is A 'Giant Brain'
Physicists Find Evidence That The Universe Is A 'Giant Brain'
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The idea of the universe as a 'giant brain' has been proposed by scientists - and science fiction writers - for decades. But now physicists say there may be some evidence that it's actually true. In a sense.
According to a study published in Nature's Scientific Reports, the universe may be growing in the same way as a giant brain - with the electrical firing between brain cells 'mirrored' by the shape of expanding galaxies. The results of a computer simulation suggest that "natural growth dynamics" - the way that systems evolve - are the same for different kinds of networks - whether its the internet [*also see below], the human brain or the universe as a whole. A co-author of the study, Dmitri Krioukov from the University of California San Diego, said that while such systems appear very different, they have evolved in very similar ways. The result, they argue, is that the universe really does grow like a brain. The study raises profound questions about how the universe works, Krioukov said. "For a physicist it's an immediate signal that there is some missing understanding of how nature works," he told Space.com. |
The team's simulation modelled the very early life of the universe, shortly after the big bang, by looking at how quantum units of space-time smaller than subatomic particles 'networked' with each other as the universe grew.
They found that the simulation mirrored that of other networks. Some links between similar nodes resulted in limited growth, while others acted as junctions for many different connections. For instance, some connections are limited and similar - like a person who likes sports visiting many other sports websites - and some are major and connect to many other parts of the network, like Google and Yahoo. No, it doesn't quite mean that the universe is 'thinking' - but as has been previously pointed out online, it might just mean there's more similarity between the very small and the very large than first appearances suggest. .....'as above, so below'..... http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/27/physicists-universe-giant-brain_n_2196346.html |
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According to a study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports, the universe may be growing in the same way as a giant brain - with the electrical firing between brain cells ‘mirrored’ by the shape of expanding galaxies.
According to a study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports, the universe may be growing in the same way as a giant brain - with the electrical firing between brain cells ‘mirrored’ by the shape of expanding galaxies.
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Here is a story worth sharing. We often speak of the universe being a reflection of ourselves, and point to how the eye, veins, and brain cells mirror visual phenomenon in the universe. 'As above, so below' - right? Well check this out.
How about the idea that the universe is a giant brain? According to a study published in Nature's Scientific Reports, the universe may be growing in the same way as a giant brain -- with the electrical firing between brain cells 'mirrored' by the shape of expanding galaxies. The results of a computer simulation suggest that "natural growth dynamics" -- the way that systems evolve -- are the same for different kinds of networks -- whether its the internet, the human brain or the universe as a whole. When the team compared the universe's history with growth of social networks and brain circuits, they found all the networks expanded in similar ways: They balanced links between similar nodes with ones that already had many connections. For instance, a cat lover surfing the Internet may visit mega-sites such as Google or Yahoo, but will also browse cat fancier websites or YouTube kitten videos. In the same way, neighboring brain cells like to connect, but neurons also link to such "Google brain cells" that are hooked up to loads of other brain cells. |
"The new study suggests a single fundamental law of nature may govern these networks"[*also see below], said physicist Kevin Bassler of the University of Houston. ""For a physicist it's an immediate signal that there is some missing understanding of how nature works," says Dmitri Krioukov from the University of California San Diego.
So this may seem weird, but let's think about this. We always talk about Consciousness being the underlying fabric of the universe from which all things emerge (M-theory, string theory, Unified Field Theory, etc). Consciousness is known to be the ground of being. So not only is the universe conscious like a brain, it is growing like a brain as well. But here's a question...a brain to what? Is it possible we exist as a thought within the mind of some Super Intelligence? Are we just cells in the mind of the Universe? Maybe, maybe not, but it's fascinating to think about. NBC:http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49971212/ns... Original Study:http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/12111... http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/... http://www.space.com/18630-universe-g... |
....... 'as above, so below' ......
*The Internet and the World Wide Web:
[....Facilitating the creation of the global mind of Gaia?]
*The Internet and the World Wide Web:
[....Facilitating the creation of the global mind of Gaia?]
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"The global communications and information networks of the Internet and the World Wide Web are a combined self-sustaining complex system, although no-one planned it this way.
The initial structure of the Net was based on ideas put forward by communications engineer Paul Baran. In the early era of centralised computer processing, Baran radically suggested a highly de-centralised, or distributed, network where each computer 'node' is connected to several others. Whilst incorporating a high level of redundancy, such a network is robust, flexible and less vulnerable to attack. Baran's communications ideas were called upon in 1967 by computer scientist Wesley Clark when designing a pioneering database system for US military-sponsored universities to share information. Over two decades later, computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee provided the third and final key to set in place the foundation for the global network - a gift he gave freely to the world. By devising the computer language of hypertext to uniquely identify information he thus enabled documents to be hyper-linked to any and all others throughout the system. From these rudimentary beginnings, the entire system has grown oganically without a master plan. |
Essentially the Net and the Web have evolved into what many analysts describe as an ecosystem, where it is no longer possible to draw a comprehensive map of its connectivity pattern - the structure is already too vast, complex and deeply embedded for it to be traced.
Nonetheless, it appears to have self-developed the highly redundant and distributed topology initially proposed by Baran. Anyone who sets up a document on the Web is free to decide how many outgoing links to specify and of course is unable to control how many incoming links their web page attracts. Yet from this free multiplicity of choices is derived a law of fundamental and harmonic order - a scale-invariant power law. The Net and the Web have co-organised themselves into a small world network, but one throughout which the relationships of data and communications are resonantly fractal and thus scale-invariant and holographic. The scale-free nature of the Net and the Web allows them to continue to grow and evolve whilst still enabling the access pathways to information to be maintained. And as a result, they are leading the way in the development of new cultural and institutional structures that are decentralised and non-hierarchical. |
The exponential increase in such communications is essentially
creating the holographic field of a global community.
Carl Jung's 'collective unconscious' is rapidly becoming a 'collective consciousness'
mediated through the electro-magnetic interplay that is facilitating
the emergence of the 'noosphere' - the global mind of Gaia."