2023-07-10 22:36:44
Every day, new theories about our Universe emerge. Recently, one is rapidly gaining ground: an idea being embraced by a growing number of scientists, it claims that the Universe is not simply a vast, seemingly inert space where energy and matter interact chaotically governed by physical and quantum laws that We haven’t even been able to fully explain it. This theory puts an end to the traditional concept of space and offers us the possibility of redefining our understanding of the cosmos and even unifying Einstein’s relativity and quantum mechanics. We talked about the idea that the Universe can be a giant neural network, a living being capable of learning and evolving.
Neuroscientist Bobby Azarian provides us with an in-depth analysis of this theory, which was originally proposed by theoretical physicist Vitaly Vanchurin, but has its roots in the concept of a Universe that is capable of behaving like the human brain, formulated by the pre-Socratic philosopher Anaxagoras. (500-428 BC)
In the same way that terrestrial organisms are complex macrostructures made up of chemical compounds, molecules, atoms and elementary particles, the Universe would have followed a similar path, evolving into a neural network with the ability to think. It does not mean that the Universe has a macro level of consciousness by itself, we still do not know it and it is one of the unknowns of the investigation.
What does this theory state?
The theory suggests that the Universe could be a neural network, a system of interconnected nodes similar to the neural structures of the human brain. According to Vanchurin, “The dynamics of the Universe is governed by the laws of quantum mechanics and the theory of gravity, which are very similar to the laws that govern neural networks.” If it is possible to consider the Universe as a neural network, Einstein’s theory of relativity can be unified with quantum mechanics, since these two behaviors are highly compatible within neural networks.
Azarian cites the theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, who supports the idea that the Universe can be a thinking entity, since, according to her, there is a growing number of scientific evidences that point to a interconnection between cosmic nodes and some evidence from a study conducted by Frontiers in Physics. According to the study, although the relevant physical interactions between the brain and cosmic filaments are totally different, their observation through microscopic and telescopic techniques has captured a similar morphology, since they are similar mechanisms that could allow the Universe to behave like a neural network. This suggests that the Universe could behave like a cosmic computer capable of transmitting information, learning and evolving.
According to Azarian, there is more disconcerting empirical evidence. According to a study by Science, it describes how the jets of particles and radiation emitted by black holes seem to align with the cosmic web in an inexplicable way, since the black holes that feed quasars mysteriously have the same axis of rotation as their neighbors, despite of being billions of light-years away. These findings indicate that the Universe is much more complex and dynamic than previously thought, so Hossenfelder says that if the Universe is a thought, we are not the only thinking entities in it. We are, therefore, “thoughts within a thought.”
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