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I had this idea a while ago, when I was attending another science student's research presentation. It was about some kind of computer simulation of neural networks, which was kind of over my head, but when he showed a picture of a neural network I had an epiphany. The image of the neural network--something like this: 
--strongly reminded me of pictures of the structure of the universe:
... I had seen in astronomy class and elsewhere. One thing that surprised scientists when they were able to look at the structure of the universe was that galaxies were not as randomly distributed as they thought they would be; in fact, there were large pockets of empty space, which to me is similar to the gaps between neurons. So what if the universe... is a brain? (I don't appear to be the first one to come up with this idea, but I thought it was cool anyway.)
Thoughts?
(If nothing else, it's a good science fiction book idea.)
--strongly reminded me of pictures of the structure of the universe:
... I had seen in astronomy class and elsewhere. One thing that surprised scientists when they were able to look at the structure of the universe was that galaxies were not as randomly distributed as they thought they would be; in fact, there were large pockets of empty space, which to me is similar to the gaps between neurons. So what if the universe... is a brain? (I don't appear to be the first one to come up with this idea, but I thought it was cool anyway.)
Thoughts?
(If nothing else, it's a good science fiction book idea.)
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