The universe could be a neural network — an interconnected computational system similar in structure to the human brain — a controversial theory has proposed. The notion has been proposed as a way to reconcile areas of so-called 'classical' physics with those of quantum mechanics — a long-standing problem in physics. To explain phenomena on the atomic and subatomic scales, however, physicists have found that the universe is better explained by so-called 'quantum mechanics'. In such a neural network, everything — from particles and atoms to cells and beyond — would emerge in a process analogous to evolution/natural selection, Professor Vanchurin has suggested. 'There are structures of the microscopic neural network which are more stable and there are other structures which are less stable,' he told Futurism.

Source: Daily Mail September 11, 2020 17:19 UTC