/sci/ - Science & Math

Concerning interstellar or even intergalactic communication, I often think about how the universe is like a giant network. All stars are connected with all other stars in their observable electromagnetic range by what is basically a constant stream of light. If you could find a way to beam something along that stream that isn't just another photon, or resonate it in some way like plucking a string, you could theoretically exceed the speed of light by using light as a roadway.

The fact that the Universe on its largest known scale so closely resembles the structure of a neural web naturally makes me wonder if something like this doesn't already exist with an as-yet-unknown energy source, and if that could be the true function of all this light and matter, just some giant processing hub sending data around or powering some incomprehensibly large machine/being.