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The thinking universe

s the universe really a massive brain? Neurons in the human brain form clusters that are connected by long nerve fibres called axons, which send electrical impulses from one neuron to another. The universe that we know contains around 200 billion galaxies, and under the pull of gravity these galaxies gather into clusters. Between these galaxy clusters are long threads known as “galaxy filaments” that can be hundreds of light years long. Physicists are noting that the Frontiers in Physics

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