Two Scientists Explain The Odd Similarities Between The Human Brain And The Entire Universe

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A research duo made up of an astrophysicist from the University of Bologna and a neurosurgeon from the University of Verona have joined forces to share their claims that the brain resembles the universe. The two researchers, both Italian, came up with their out of the world galaxy-brain theory, explaining that that the structures of the perceptible universe looks incredibly similar to the neuronal networks of the human brain.

Astrophysicist Franco Vazza and neurosurgeon Alberto Feletti have also gone on to document these astonishing commonalities that they found between ‘the cosmic network of galaxies and the complex web of neurons in the human brain.’

Their study, which was published in the journal Frontiers in Physics, highlights that ‘the human brain has around 27 orders of magnitude separated in scale, while similarly, the composition of the cosmic web shows comparable levels of complexity and self-organization.’

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In one comparison, the brain is said to have an estimated 69 billion neurons, while the visible universe is said to have at least 100 billion galaxies, both of which look like they are intertwined like a bunch of electric cobwebs. And what’s even more interesting is that fact that the brain’s neurons and the billions of galaxies supposedly only account for 30 percent of the masses of both the brain and universe. Moreover, you’ll also see that the neurons and galaxies are quite similar in the way they look, as if they were beads strung on incredibly long and complex strings.

The research duo started their study by looking into the shared features of both of these sophisticated systems. They studied a simulation of galaxies’ networks in comparison to the different sections of the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex of the brain. Their objective was to examine how the different types of matter dispersed.


They shared that when it came to the other remaining 70% of the galaxies, it was comprised of dark energy. Meanwhile, when it came to equivalent percent within the human brain, it was comprised of water.

Astrophysicist, Vazza shared in a statement, “We calculated the spectral density of both systems. This is a technique often employed in cosmology for studying the spatial distribution of galaxies. Our analysis showed that the distribution of the fluctuation within the cerebellum neuronal network on a scale from 1 micrometer to 0.1 millimeters follows the same progression of the distribution of matter in the cosmic web.”

He added, “But, of course, on a larger scale that goes from 5 million to 500 million light-years.”

And it wasn’t just these similarities that they found intriguing. They also shared that there was a particular amount of intertwined connections that began from each node that was remarkable as well.


Neurosurgeon Feletti also said in the statement, “Once again, structural parameters have identified unexpected agreement levels. Probably, the connectivity within the two networks evolves following similar physical principles, despite the striking and obvious difference between the physical powers regulating galaxies and neurons.”

The researchers hope that their initial research will help them garner fresh analysis techniques in order to gain more advanced knowledge in neurosurgery and cosmology. If possible, their preliminary work would help scientists have a clearer understanding of how these systems continue to advance as time goes by.

 

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