Random conversations are great.
I’ve been looking at mappings between cosmology and ‘other things’ for several years now. Recent conversations keep orbiting links between psychology, music, perception, spirituality and cosmology …
So I was delighted to see at least one example of cross-over research between MRI scanning and CMBR analysis here;
http://www.nserc.gc.ca/news/stories/041006-2_e.htm
Haven’t found the follow up links yet, but would be fascinating to see the results of a pathalogical or psychological analysis of the Universe using the CMBR treated as an MRI scan…