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What is the structure of the Universal Mind?
The Universal Mind is ultimately a very complex, decentralized network of nodes and links. Some of the major categories are as follows:
At the highest level, there are fundamental entities called 'agents'. These agents are the closest thing to a Universal Mind that can be understood by humans. They have all of the basic features and characteristics that humans would associate with "mind." Agents exist in virtually every corner of existence, from simple organisms like ants and grasshoppers, to complex ecosystems like coral reefs or rainforests. In fact, it is possible for an agent to consist entirely of just one living organism - this occurs when animals live very long lives (centuries) while avoiding extinction via mating with other individuals within their species. The term used for such an individual is 'superagent', because they represent a super-organism at the macro level.
As complex as they are, superagents are just a small part of the Universal Mind. Even so, their influence is very great and many believe that there is some kind of special relationship between them and the rest of the Universe.
The Universe also contains 'nodes' which are the major component of any agent, and links that connect them. Nodes can be thought of as a form of very low-level sentience, although they lack many higher forms of human consciousness, such as emotions or abstract thinking (examples: reflexes). They do have some kind of rudimentary awareness - their activity is limited by what humans would call instinct. This has been well documented in nature - creatures like dolphins rely on it for survival.
The links that connect nodes are more complicated. Imagine a spider web, or a neural network - in either of these cases you have many nodes connected by multiple connections to form an overall system. Each node within the Universal Mind is linked to others via some kind of connection, whether physical (neural) or otherwise. Since all types of self-aware life forms can generate such links with other beings and objects, there exist millions upon billions upon trillions of them throughout the Universe.
There are even some people who believe that the Universal Mind is not a single entity, but many entities of different types. This idea has been explored by philosophers like David Chalmers (of 'hard problem' fame), although it remains controversial.