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Physics revelation could mean we're all living in a simulation - C C - Oct 11, 2023
Physics revelation could mean we're all living in a simulation
https://www.sciencealert.com/physics-revelation-could-mean-were-all-living-in-a-simulation
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Could a new law of physics support the idea we’re living in a computer simulation?
https://pubs.aip.org/aip/adv/article/13/10/105308/2915332/The-second-law-of-infodynamics-and-its
PRESS RELEASE: A University of Portsmouth physicist has explored whether a new law of physics could support the much-debated theory that we are simply characters in an advanced virtual world. The simulated universe hypothesis proposes that what humans experience is actually an artificial reality, much like a computer simulation, in which they themselves are constructs.
The theory is popular among a number of well-known figures including Elon Musk, and within a branch of science known as information physics, which suggests physical reality is fundamentally made up of bits of information.
Dr Melvin Vopson has previously published research suggesting that information has mass and that all elementary particles - the smallest known building blocks of the universe - store information about themselves, similar to the way humans have DNA.
In 2022, he discovered a new law of physics that could predict genetic mutations in organisms, including viruses, and help judge their potential consequences. It is based on the second law of thermodynamics, which establishes that entropy – a measure of disorder in an isolated system – can only increase or stay the same.
Dr Vopson had expected that the entropy in information systems would also increase over time, but on examining the evolution of these systems he realised it remains constant or decreases. That’s when he established the second law of information dynamics, or infodynamics, which could significantly impact genetics research and evolution theory.
A new paper, published in AIP Advances, examines the scientific implications of the new law on a number of other physical systems and environments, including biological, atomic physics, and cosmology.
Dr Vopson, from the University’s School of Mathematics and Physics, said:
“I knew then that this revelation had far-reaching implications across various scientific disciplines. What I wanted to do next is put the law to the test and see if it could further support the simulation hypothesis by moving it on from the philosophical realm to mainstream science.”
Key findings include:
- Biological Systems: The second law of infodynamics challenges the conventional understanding of genetic mutations, suggesting that they follow a pattern governed by information entropy. This discovery has profound implications for fields such as genetic research, evolutionary biology, genetic therapies, pharmacology, virology, and pandemic monitoring.
- Atomic Physics: The paper explains the behaviour of electrons in multi-electron atoms, providing insights into phenomena like Hund's rule; which states that the term with maximum multiplicity lies lowest in energy. Electrons arrange themselves in a way that minimises their information entropy, shedding light on atomic physics and stability of chemicals.
- Cosmology: The second law of infodynamics is shown to be a cosmological necessity, with thermodynamic considerations applied to an adiabatically expanding universe supporting its validity.
“Symmetry principles play an important role with respect to the laws of nature, but until now there has been little explanation as to why that could be. My findings demonstrate that high symmetry corresponds to the lowest information entropy state, potentially explaining nature's inclination towards it.
“This approach, where excess information is removed, resembles the process of a computer deleting or compressing waste code to save storage space and optimise power consumption. And as a result supports the idea that we’re living in a simulation.”
Dr Vopson’s previous research suggests that information is the fundamental building block of the universe and has physical mass. He even claims that information could be the elusive dark matter that makes up almost a third of the universe, which he calls the mass-energy-information equivalence principle.
The paper argues the second law of infodynamics lends support to this principle, potentially validating the idea that information is a physical entity, equivalent to mass and energy.
“The next steps to complete these studies require empirical testing”, added Dr Vopson. “One possible route would be my experiment devised last year to confirm the fifth state of matter in the universe - and change physics as we know it – using particle-antiparticle collisions.”
RE: Physics revelation could mean we're all living in a simulation - Magical Realist - Oct 16, 2023
Quote:Dr Vopson’s previous research suggests that information is the fundamental building block of the universe and has physical mass. He even claims that information could be the elusive dark matter that makes up almost a third of the universe, which he calls the mass-energy-information equivalence principle.
That's an intriguing suggestion, that dark matter is actually all the hidden information ("machine language) that it takes to run "the universe program".
Since information plays such an active role in our conscious lives, we may be made up of dark matter/information in our very essence. Hence we are never destroyed in our dark matter/cybernetic forms. We wake up as self-contained transcendent minds.
RE: Physics revelation could mean we're all living in a simulation - Zinjanthropos - Oct 16, 2023
Candidates for dark matter? You’d think theistic religion would be all over this, at least those who believe in a god, heaven and/or hell. Same goes for proponents of a collective cosmic consciousness. And if it’s all information then why not the past or at least archives. Possibly the mind/brain of a gigantic living organism that we all depend on or governs our every move. Maybe it’s all in there somewhere.
RE: Physics revelation could mean we're all living in a simulation - Magical Realist - Oct 17, 2023
Among all the things that cannot be seen or touched or heard or tasted or smelt there is often confusion and they tend to be mistaken for each other. This applies to non-existent things as well as to existent things.
RE: Physics revelation could mean we're all living in a simulation - Zinjanthropos - Oct 18, 2023
From wiki….
Quote: Dark Era and Photon Age
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From 10100 years (10 duotrigintillion years or 1 googol years) and beyond
After all the black holes have evaporated (and after all the ordinary matter made of protons has disintegrated, if protons are unstable), the universe will be nearly empty. Photons, baryons, neutrinos, electrons, and positrons will fly from place to place, hardly ever encountering each other. Gravitationally, the universe will be dominated by dark matter, electrons, and positrons (not protons).[47]
By this era, with only very diffuse matter remaining, activity in the universe will have tailed off dramatically (compared with previous eras), with very low energy levels and very large time scales. Electrons and positrons drifting through space will encounter one another and occasionally form positronium atoms. These structures are unstable, however, and their constituent particles must eventually annihilate. However, most electrons and positrons will remain unbound.[48] Other low-level annihilation events will also take place, albeit very slowly. The universe now reaches an extremely low-energy state.
No expert but…..This sounds like a universe death followed by rebirth. Is it possible that the dark matter science is looking for consists of what’s left of a previous universe(s)? A recycling centre with plenty of time to kick start a new universe.
Also from wiki….
Quote: With only very diffuse matter remaining, activity in the universe will have tailed off dramatically, with extremely low energy levels and extremely long timescales. Speculatively, it is possible that the universe may enter a second inflationary epoch, or assuming that the current vacuum state is a false vacuum, the vacuum may decay into a lower-energy state.[14]:§VE It is also possible that entropy production will cease and the universe will reach heat death.[14]:§VID
It is suggested that, over vast periods of time, a spontaneous entropy decrease would eventually occur via the Poincaré recurrence theorem,[17] thermal fluctuations,[18][19][20] and fluctuation theorem.[21][22] Through this, another universe could possibly be created by random quantum fluctuations or quantum tunnelling in roughly
10 to the 10 to the 10 to the 56 years
Sorry about the last part of the above quote. Wouldn’t copy that last part right so I did what I could and in either case it represents an awfully long time. Can’t vouch for accuracy of article but it sounds cool and may be that time is something there’s lots of.