That’s a pretty big number, I suppose.
Apparently,
that’s approximately the number of neurons in the human brain
and
the number of stars in our galaxy
and
the number of galaxies in our universe.
Now, I’m all about respecting coincidences,
but
I’d like to entertain a synchronistic thought today.
If I am-
we are-
conscious
with 100,000,000,000 neurons:
thinking and thinking about thinking
and thinking about meta thinking
and so on.
Perhaps, may I posit today,
those same electric signals which sit in a three pound pink-grey lump
may have connective similarities to stars
or galaxies.
While the synaptic distance is very small,
and the distance between stars is great,
there is still information transfer within each set.
A galactic thought
would likely look no more than
slight ripples of photonic,
electromagnetic
perturbations
years in the making,
but those would reach out
and perturb others
years from now
too.
What would a galaxy
slowly
think about?
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