Could the universe possibly be a giant brain cell?
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Could the universe possibly be a giant brain cell?
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Re: Could the universe possibly be a giant brain cell?
Science is always open to new observations and data, but by what we have uncovered now it seems like there is a known smallest building block of the universe. Also, there are other factors that make it seem as though the universe can not be compared to a brain cell. For instance, there are presumably parts of the universe that cannot share information with other parts such as the part in which we are because the rate of expansion is so much greater than the speed of light. A brain cell or brain by definition would seem to need to be able to communicate across itself, I suspect. I'm not sure a brain can work if it or one of it's cells has event horizons scattered about.
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Re: Could the universe possibly be a giant brain cell?
In recent years I recall reading in several unrelated sources that there is mounting evidence for what seem to be nonlocal effects operating in the body. Nonlocality is an empirically proven aspect of so-called entangled quanta. If indeed nonlocality is an operative principle in body function, it might work for the universe-as-brain(cell) analogy, in which case the light barrier might not be an obstacle to the relaying of information (given that non-local transmission is apparently instantaneous)....there are presumably parts of the universe that cannot share information with other parts such as the part in which we are because the rate of expansion is so much greater than the speed of light. A brain cell or brain by definition would seem to need to be able to communicate across itself, I suspect. I'm not sure a brain can work if it or one of it's cells has event horizons scattered about.
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