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1. hn_submit · 1790411910 · focus · HN ↗

   I often wonder if our brains are capable of understanding the Universe around us. Our brains were made to help us survive on this planet, not to understand the laws that govern our Universe.

   The story that haunts me is the one where scientists attempted to understand how the brain of a simple organism worked. It only had 40 neurons yet they were unable to unravel the mystery on how it functioned.

   1. ericmay · 1790422490 · focus · HN ↗

      I think about this sometimes too but I do believe we have at least for a fact described some aspects of the universe (speed of light for example) so we are at least capable of doing that, if not understanding much of the rest too.

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