The idea of the universe as a "giant brain" has been proposed by scientists - and science fiction writers - for decades. But now physicists are saying that there may be some evidence that this is actually true in some sense.
This was shown by computer simulations. The researchers modeled the life of the very early universe, just after the Big Bang, by seeing how quantum units of "space-time" smaller than subatomic particles form a network with each other during the development of the universe.
They found that the simulation is a mirror image of other networks. Some links between similar nodes were the result of limited growth, while others acted as nodes for a wide variety of links. For example, some connections are limited and similar - like a person who loves sports and visits many sports websites - and some are large and connect to very different parts of the web, such as Google and Yahoo.
It turned out that the "natural growth dynamics" - the path of systems development - is the same for different types of networks - be it the Internet, the human brain or the Universe as a whole. The co-author of the study, our former compatriot Dmitry Kryukov from the University of California at San Diego, says that these emerging systems are very different, but they developed in a very similar way. As a result, the scientists argue, the universe is indeed evolving like a brain.
Maybe the Universe "thinks"?
Or maybe the universe is just a game of super-civilizations. A serious philosopher, winner of many prestigious awards, Oxford University professor Nick Bostrom admitted in one of his interviews that the film "The Matrix" made such an impression on him that he wrote a book in a month called "Are we living in a computer simulation?"
The scientist argued that with a probability of 25 percent, our world is now a matrix - a computer simulation of reality. The philosopher had in mind a program that simulates the consciousness of one, several people or the whole of humanity.
“And the simulation was created by the so-called post-human civilization, consisting of the descendants of modern people, but internally and externally so changed that it’s hard to call them people,” Bostrom explained.
The scientist considered these superbeings to be representatives of "true humanity." And endowed with extraordinary abilities - for example, computing, acquired as a result of the fusion of the brain with supercomputers.
“It cost nothing to such cyborgs to create a virtual world,” the philosopher argued. He even suggested why they needed it. To study your own past.
“Our descendants faced gaps in their history and decided to fill in the gaps by launching a lot of simulated faces into the game - you and me,” Bostrom enthusiastically built his extraordinary theory.
Almost ten years have passed since the publication of Bostrom's book. It would seem that the crazy fantasies of the philosopher should be forgotten. So no. On the contrary, physicists undertook to prove that computer supersimulation is possible. And our world is just a matrix.
Let me remind you:
Just as our neurons are united in networks of the nervous system inside our body, people are united by a crystal lattice on the Earth itself and outside it (with its cosmic aspects), where you are a synapse, and your higher self (located, for example, on a ship in the 7th dimension and sleeping in the dream chamber) is a neuron. Just as neurons exchange impulses with each other, passing them up to the brain, different aspects of souls exchange information with each other and transmit it "up" to the Source, the Creator. On such networks we move into our "dreams" every night.
The idea of the universe as a "giant brain" has been proposed by scientists - and science fiction writers - for decades. But now physicists are saying there may be some evidence that this is actually true.
The results of computer simulation show that the "natural growth dynamics" - the way systems develop - is the same for different types of networks - be it the Internet, the human brain or the Universe as a whole.
As a result, the scientists argue, the universe is indeed evolving like a brain.
The study raises serious questions about how the universe works, Kryukov said.
“For physicists, this is an immediate signal - there is not yet a sufficient understanding of how nature works,” he told Space.com.
The team of researchers modeled the life of the very early universe, just after the Big Bang, by seeing how quantum units of "space-time" smaller than subatomic particles form a network with each other during the development of the universe.
They found that the simulation is a mirror image of other networks. Some links between similar nodes were the result of limited growth, while others acted as nodes for a wide variety of links.
For example, some connections are limited and similar—like a person who loves sports and visits a lot of sports websites—and some are large and connect to very different parts of the web, such as Google and Yahoo.
No, this doesn't exactly mean that the universe is "thinking" - but as pointed out earlier on the internet, it could simply mean that there is a lot more similarity between the very small and the very large than meets the eye.
And further:
Dmitry Kryukov: “If we know the law that describes the dynamics of a complex system (network), then we can not only predict its behavior, but also find a way to better control it”
The idea to create such a calculation model came to Dmitry Kryukov in the summer of 2009. He fixed it in his work plans and safely "buried" it for almost a year, while one of his colleagues in other scientific projects - Fragkiskos Papadopoulos from the Technological University of Cyprus - did not persuade the author to find time to seriously take up this matter. The implementation of the idea took about a year.
As a result, a model was created based on considering the trade-off between popularity and similarity. The essence, at first glance, is simple: a node that joins the network tries to initially contact quite popular and at the same time similar nodes to itself, that is, the simplest structural units (for example, in the Facebook network, a node is a user page, in coli population networks - a single bacterial organism itself). Popular are those network nodes that have a large number of connections with others, like, say, the page of some famous blogger in LiveJournal. In the diagram developed by the team, these two dimensions (popularity and similarity) can be combined in one space, forming a map that will allow one to predict potential connections in a growing network with great accuracy.
“In general, if we know the law that describes the dynamics of a complex system (network), then we can not only predict its behavior, but also find a way to better control it,” Dmitry Kryukov explained in correspondence with a correspondent of STRF.ru.
Any new node that joins the network, be it a new web page or a protein molecule, can in principle connect to any existing node on the network. However, there are always so-called preferred connections, which indicate that the choice will not be completely random, but will be a linear combination of already existing nodes. This fact leads to what the authors called "money-for-money" or "rich get richer" effect, allowing nodes with more connections to gain even more connections at the expense of their counterparts with fewer connections. Thus, nodes of higher levels are combined into agglomerates and the network becomes homogeneous, i.e. in general, the possible distribution of levels in the network obeys the force law. However, such an equilibrium is unstable, since any deviation in the “preferred connection” will either destroy the agglomerates or create superagglomerates, which will lead to a loss of network homogeneity.
In this study, the authors proved for the first time that popularity is only one aspect in establishing a "preferred connection". There is also a second - similarity. Nodes that are similar have a higher chance of connecting, even if they are not popular. In the social sciences, this effect is called homophilia, that is, the tendency to communicate with individuals with similar interests, the same age, and other equal or close criteria. For example, an individual who has created his own home page will not only link to popular sites such as Facebook or Google, but also to unpopular sites that are close to his interests: for example, sites dedicated to the work of The Orb or free solo mountaineering.
In the course of experimental verification, in particular in experiments on the study of the metabolic network of E. coli and in the study of certain Internet networks, the authors found that real networks also develop as predicted by the proposed model. They themselves did not believe what happened: this geometric approach to the analysis of complex networks describes their structure and dynamics so unexpectedly accurately.
Inspired by the results of the work, the scientists submitted an article about this study to Science, one of the most respected journals in the scientific world. However, in this edition, according to Dmitry Kryukov, the work was reviewed for almost a year, “infinitely improving and deepening, and in the end, it still fell victim to a highly entropic reviewer who was not able to fully understand the details.” After that, the version of the article, already brought to full maturity, was sent to Nature, where it did not meet with serious resistance from the reviewers. The authors themselves explain this by the fact that in a year they really improved their work so much that it could no longer cause any delays in publication.
The team's next step will be to prove the connection between the growing networks model and the dynamics of the causal structure of space-time in our accelerating universe. coming soon in Nature Scientific Reports. In it, researchers find that, under certain considerations, the structure of the Universe, the Internet, social networks, and the human brain are surprisingly similar, which is a consequence of the asymptotic equivalence of the dynamics of the evolution of these seemingly completely different complex systems. Explanation of such an incredible coincidence between the theory of gravity Einstein and the geometric theory of networks by Dmitry Kryukov is one of the tasks of the team's future research.
A source of information:
F. Papadopoulos, M. Kitsak, M.A. Serrano, M. Boguna, D. Krioukov, Popularity versus similarity in growing networks. Nature, no. 489.
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Is it true that brain cells are like the universe?
With certain dyes, at a certain angle and with certain lighting anything can be removed similar to the Universe, so this is partly true.
Can we be part of some big being, playing the role of cells?
Yes we can. If you can imagine it, it is logically possible.
How plausible is it that we are cells of a larger being?
Weak, because the only argument in favor of this is the coincidence of one of the options for photographing nerve cells and a picture of a simulation of the structure of the Universe.
Yes, we "play the role of cells", much like neurons in the brain, when we communicate with other people, we influence them, and they influence us.
Human society as a big brain is a concept that in recent decades, with the advent of the Internet and social networks, has become not only meaningful, but even popular. Representing society as, for example, a neural network is already a familiar research model. Such a theory was proposed, in an unexpected way, long before the Internet, at the end of the 19th century by Gabriel Tarde, a French sociologist who was almost forgotten in the first half of the 20th century, and rediscovered in the last couple of decades; re-read and were surprised how suitable it is for our time with communication networks and "big data".
Tarde not only said that "human society is like a brain", but also explained that the brain is also such a society, which, like human society, is made up of many small independent units, each of them with its own "faith" and "will" . And human society, in turn, is also most like a brain, in which people, like neurons (Tard called it differently, but with the same meaning), are connected to each other and influence each other - by mutual example, conversations, newspaper articles.
For Tard, human society differed from the brain, or, for example, from a molecule, mainly in that, firstly, we see its structure from the inside, because we are one of its elements; secondly, human society is smaller and more primitive: the population of the entire Earth is now a little more than seven billion people, there are an order of magnitude more neurons in the human brain, and the connections between neurons, if compared in a good way, are also denser, more intense than between people.
The cells of various organisms, and their tissues and organs of these organisms, are similar (homologous) in structure and basic properties and have a common origin. And therefore, not only brain tissue cells, but any biological cells are similar to the Universe. Now imagine how far the cells are separated from each other in the intercellular space, and besides, each cell consists of organelles...
"The wavelength of visible light rays is about 4 to 7 hundred-thousandths of a centimeter, and the diameter of the simplest of all atoms, the hydrogen atom, is one hundred-millionth of a centimeter.
Universe and brain
The well-known scientific assumption that the structure of the Universe resembles a system of neurons in the brain takes place. The Internet has been circulated with photographs, which very clearly show how amazingly the microscopic model of the countless network of neurons is similar to the macroscopic model of the Universe. The matter of different galaxies in it interacts with each other, developing and growing.
Amazing Brain Imaging
There is another important similarity between brain cells and black holes. Both create electromagnetic radiation. Researchers are convinced that the macrocosm is accurately displayed in a biological cell as a microcosm, therefore the complex structure of the Universe is compared with a cell. They are sure that this similarity is not accidental.
Scientists believe that any networks, starting from and ending with the grandiose Universe, develop according to uniform fundamental natural laws. These guesses were prompted by the same patterns in the constant growth of networks.
Channeling. Archangel Michael - Morea. Consciousness as viewed by an extra-universal observer
Objective reality
Can our infinite Universe be one of the cells of one living giant organism in this case? Let's go back to school for a physics lesson and remember that a cell consists of molecules, molecules - from atoms, and atoms - from a nucleus and electrons revolving around it. If we compare with the Universe, then it turns out that electrons are the same planets, core- This Sun, and the solar system atom. And if you look deeper, it turns out that galaxy – molecule, A Universe – cell .
If you look even wider, then, in fact, the Universes, like cells, are countless, they have no number. All of them are created at a certain time, exist for a certain period, and then are necessarily destroyed. This is confirmed by the ancient Vedic scriptures and, you see, is very reminiscent of this, which is also created, lives and dies.
Just as a cell is considered alive, because, so the Universe is alive, because living beings are infused into it. Back in the last century, one of the scientists who studied a living cell and, marveling at its most complex structure, said that it could not be created without the intervention of the mind.
This scientist immediately believed in God, because there is no one else, except the Lord, to so prudently “furnish” the life of the simplest cell from beginning to end, a cell that in itself is the beginning for creating a living organism. The theory - "what is in the big - that - and in the small" - is fully confirmed.
Channeling. Archangel Michael - Morea. Soul and consciousness
Interesting facts about the brain
It has been proven that a neuron and a separate section of the Universe have the same unit of vibration frequency, however, to a different extent due to the difference in structures and sizes. From this, their work can be safely compared with music, the sound of which either increases or decreases. And if a person correctly tunes his thinking, then the Universe for him is like a tuning fork.
If there is a connection with the cosmos, then this knowledge can be used to expand consciousness. - this is a whole story of creation, in which "amazing events" take place inside the skull in order to make people who they are. An infant is born with myriads of neurons, and its brain forms trillions of connections.
A nerve cell in the brain generates and stimulates other neurons. They, in turn, become excited and reproduce their signals, which run to other neurons, forming a network that performs a single brain function. What a grandiose sight, if you imagine all this in an enlarged size!
However, neighboring neurons in the brain communicate better not with each other, but with nerve cells that resemble knots. In the same way, when the Universe expands in space and time, the number of connections between the elements of matter in galaxies increases. Comparing , one can see that the natural dynamics of their growth is identical.
Holographic likeness
The 20th century was a century of significant discoveries and experiments. A group of French scientists have discovered that elementary particles such as electrons are miraculously capable of being instantaneous, no matter how far apart they are. Each particle miraculously "knew" exactly what the other was doing.
- Based on these data, one of the London scientists "luminaries" suggested that the Universe is a giant hologram. The principle of the hologram, which says - "everything in every part" convinced researchers that electrons at any distance interact not because they exchange mysterious signals with each other, but because their separation is apparent. If you look from some other level of reality, then these particles are not separate, but, on the contrary, a continuation of something global.
- Scientists are convinced that there is a higher dimensional level of reality hidden from us. And we see the particles as separate only because only a small part of reality is available to us. The particles themselves are facets of one deep unity. And since everything is contained in a small part, then the Universe is a projection and a hologram. This means that any objects in the world are infinitely interconnected at a deep level, and all natural phenomena and nature itself are an unbreakable web.
- One of the neurophysiologists, who is closely involved in the study of the brain, also believes in the theory of the holographic world. He came to this conclusion by puzzling over the riddle of which area of the brain is responsible for memories. His numerous studies have shown that information is dispersed evenly throughout the entire volume of the brain. It turned out that memory is not in groups of neurons, but in discharges of nerve impulses that flash throughout the brain, just like a small piece of a hologram shows the entire image.
Then the question arises: if both the Universe and the brain are a hologram, then what is the real objective reality? Scientists have yet to find out, but for now they are reassured by the fact that the theory of the hologram of the brain and the Universe explains many paranormal and psychophysical phenomena, such as, for example, telepathy.
Probably, you have heard the opinion more than once that a person uses only 3-10 percent of the resources of the brain? So today we will separate myths from reality.
Let's start with a little theory.
The main task of a neuron (nerve cell) is to generate an electrical signal called an action potential, or peak potential, which it successfully does if other neurons excite it sufficiently. The action potential of a single neuron, like lightning, is able to stimulate other neurons. Having come into an excited state, the neurons produce their own signals that "run" and stimulate the next neurons connected to them, thus creating a network of neurons that perform a specific brain function. There is an opinion that we use our brain only by ten percent, but in fact this idea is very simplified. We may not use all the neurons in our brain at the same time, but nonetheless, each of them is extremely important. Throughout a person's life, the brain never turns off or even rests. By the way, he is very active at night, especially when a person dreams. It is impossible to remove even five percent of the brain and still be yourself. The brain is always capable of working at an increased capacity, and don't believe anyone who tells you that ninety percent of the brain is offline.
Brain development is a truly exciting story of creation as genes and environment work together to make us who we are. During pregnancy, at some point, the fetal brain (the embryo from the ninth week of development until birth) creates 250,000 new nerve cells per minute. Babies are born with 100 billion neurons, but only a relatively small number are covered with myelin (connecting channels). In the first ten days of life, an infant's brain forms trillions of connections. Approximately three-quarters of the brain develops outside the womb, in response to the environment and impressions. Nature and nurture always work together.
The brain develops especially rapidly during the first year of life. Brain scans show that by the first year of life, an infant's brain is similar to that of a healthy young adult (ages 18 to 21). By the age of three, trillions of connections have already formed in a child’s brain, and in areas of the brain that develop early (for example, the visual one), myelination (envelopment of myelin) occurs, which helps them become more efficient. The period between three and ten years is a time of rapid social, intellectual, emotional and physical development. Brain activity in this age group is twice that of adults, and although new connections continue to form, the brain will never again be able to master new skills and abilities with the same ease. By the age of ten, the brain begins to quickly reduce unnecessary connections, leaving more specific and efficient circuits. The brain is one of the best examples of the "use it or get rid of it" principle. Connections that are frequently used in the first years of life become permanent, and those that are not used cease to exist.
Throughout late adolescence and up to about age 25, a third of the brain—the prefrontal cortex, or executive brain—continues to develop. Even if we think of eighteen-year-olds as adults, their brain development is far from complete. Myelin continues to be deposited in the prefrontal cortex until the age of 25-26, forcing the executive part of the brain to work at a higher and more efficient level. It is important to understand that smoking, drug addiction, and alcoholism during adolescence and early adulthood can interrupt brain development, in some cases forever.
When it comes to the brain, as they say, “size matters”. You probably know that dinosaur brains were the size of a walnut. The adult human brain weighs between 1,300 and 1,400 grams, while a cat's brain weighs only about 30 grams on average. That's why human curiosity has made it possible to invent ways to fly into space and learn how to treat cancer. But to work properly, the brain needs fuel, oxygen, and stimulation. Just like any other living being, it needs fuel to grow, work and recover. The engine, powered by brain cells, runs on glucose and oxygen. Unlike other cells in the body, brain cells can process only one fuel - glucose, which means that everything that prevents the supply of glucose to brain cells is life-threatening. The brain also needs oxygen to generate energy; without it, the “powerhouse of neurons,” called mitochondria, will not be able to produce enough energy to keep the brain active and prevent it from dying. But since blood delivers glucose and oxygen to the brain, nothing should interfere with normal blood flow to maintain brain health. If the blood stops flowing to the brain, within ten seconds the person will lose consciousness. In addition to blood flow, the human brain needs proper stimulation in order to grow and develop properly during childhood and maintain normal functioning well into old age. If you properly stimulate neurons, you make them more efficient: they perform their function better, and you are more likely to have an “active and learning” brain all your life.
And now, in order to finally plunge you into the abyss of the need for further reflection on this topic, I will attach an interesting illustration to you. On the left - an enlarged image of a brain cell, on the right - modern ideas of astronomers about how our Universe looks like.
That's it, my dear readers. There is something to think about, isn't it?
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