Interconnectedness

Today I finished reading Fiorella Terenzi's book, "Heavenly Knowledge".  I much enjoyed it, and will write more about it later.  But tonight I'll note a conversation that she had with Timothy Leary, near the end of the book, in which they compared the estimated number of galaxies thought to exist in the universe (100 billion), to the number of neurons in the human brain, also at 100 billion.  Analogies between astronomy and human existence seems to be one of Fiorella's favorite topics, which was meaningful to me in reading her book, because I also love to make connections between my interests.  Art, martial arts, astronomy, cosmology, etc. bring extra meaning when connections and similarities are made between them.  Indeed, it's the goal of physics to eventually connect all laws together into one idea which explains everything (the Grand Unified Theory).  Anyway,  it was kind of coincidental and "interconnected" to read of Terenzi's brain discussion with her friend, as just two days ago I had been reading separately a book regarding the brain, specifically about there being 100 billion neurons and possibly over 1,000 trillion synapses in the human mind (the most complex object known).  I much enjoy it when concepts overlap and merge, as it helps to make sense of a complex universe, and lets me believe that maybe I am moving closer to truth.