The Connectome and You

If you strip away the brain’s gray matter, and reveal just the nerves in the brain, you find a structure called the Connectome. It looks like a tumbleweed, or tree roots. Each of us has a Connectome, but no two are the same. Your Connectome is as distinct as your DNA and your fingerprint.

Connectomes also resemble the structure of dark matter. Dark matter is the material that holds the universe together.  Think of it as a clear gelatin mold. The pieces of fruit you can see suspended inside that clear gelatin mold are the stars and planets.

The structure of our Connectomes is so similar to the structure of tree roots and the structure of dark matter, it begs the following question. What if they’re all connected?  What if the nerves in our brains are connected to the nerves in the universe? Imagine that and see what happens, but only if you choose to.