Are the similarities between the universe and the human brain deeper than we thought?
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00:02 To anyone who has looked closely enough, the universe kind of looks like a brain.
00:06 But now researchers from the University of Verona and the University of Bologna say there
00:10 may be more similarities in their structure than what meets the telescoped eye.
00:14 The universe is thought to have at least 100 billion galaxies, made up of an intricate
00:18 web that links them together.
00:20 Similarly, the human brain has a network of neurons, about 70 billion of them, an equally
00:24 complex web of data-delivering tendrils.
00:27 What's more, in both of the independent systems, the connecting filaments account
00:30 for about 30% of its mass, while the passive areas, i.e. the brain's gray matter and
00:35 the universe's dark matter, make up the other 70%, which the researchers say could
00:39 mean extremely different physical processes may converge to incredibly similar, albeit
00:44 complex, organized structures.
00:46 Adding to both systems, connection points were similar as well, with the researchers
00:49 concluding that each part of both the brain's and the universe's structural parameters
00:54 were more akin to one another's than to other parts of their own respective systems.
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