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The differences are major. One is made of unconnected stars, largely governed by the laws of gravity, the other one is made of connected cells, governed by the
by olegkikin 9y ago
The differences are major. One is made of unconnected stars, largely governed by the laws of gravity, the other one is made of connected cells, governed by the laws of chemistry, electricity (and maybe quantum effects).
The only rough similarity is the looks, and only if you dye the brain tissue in a special way.
- JBorrow 9y agoI just think that is why it is so interesting; that they share a similar structure even though they are formed in completely different ways may not tell us anything about the Universe but it is still something to note.
- ianai 9y agoI have a little hypothesis that I dreamed up a couple nights ago: Life is exogenous to the universe. That gives life it's meaning-to define what it is through it's impact on the universe. This is because the universe is in average empty and lifeless. The inanimate universe vastly outweighs the animate. Life could not ever overcome the average emptiness of the universe. But still it must try. It must try because if it ceases it becomes the inanimate. Life is that exogenous influence on the universe not attributable to any other physical or chemical process. If you simply cannot explain it then it may be life. Brain evolution over time is definitely dependent upon physics/chemistry - but it's also dependent on conditions at higher levels of abstraction. We know neurons change their associations every day based on many factors at the conscious and subconscious levels (observations/thoughts).
- losteric 9y ago"Life" is just a particular arrangement of inanimate matter riding the wave of entropy, a complicated fire simmering away on the Earth's surface...