This paper presents a novel framework positioning physical reality as the culmination of quantized informational transformation chains. Rooted in first principles, this approach bridges fundamental physics, quantum measurement, and the emergence of time and entropy. We are genuinely excited to unveil how observation itself corresponds to the completion of an informational chain, reshaping the boundary between potentiality and fact. This work paves the way for a deeper understanding of the universe grounded in the physics of incomplete information.
This paper presents a novel framework positioning physical reality as the culmination of quantized informational transformation chains. Rooted in first principles, this approach bridges fundamental physics, quantum measurement, and the emergence of time and entropy. We are genuinely excited to unveil how observation itself corresponds to the completion of an informational chain, reshaping the boundary between potentiality and fact. This work paves the way for a deeper understanding of the universe grounded in the physics of incomplete information.
At this point in time, two major areas of physics, statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics, rest on the foundations of probability and entropy. The last century saw several significant fundamental advances in our understanding of the process of inference, which make it clear that these are inferential theories. That is, rather than being a description of the behavior of the universe, these theories describe how observers can make optimal predictions about the universe. In such a picture, information plays a critical role. What is more is that little clues, such as the fact that black holes have entropy, continue to suggest that information is fundamental to physics in general. In the last decade, our fundamental understanding of probability theory has led to a Bayesian revolution. In addition, we have come to recognize that the foundations go far deeper and that Cox's approach of generalizing a Boolean algebra to a probability calculus is the first specific example of the more fundamental idea of assigning valuations to partially-ordered sets. By considering this as a natural way to introduce quantification to the more fundamental notion of ordering, one obtains an entirely new way of deriving physical laws. I will introduce this new way of thinking by demonstrating how one can quantify partially-ordered sets and, in the process, derive physical laws. The implication is that physical law does not reflect the order in the universe, instead it is derived from the order imposed by our description of the universe. Information physics, which is based on understanding the ways in which we both quantify and process information about the world around us, is a fundamentally new approach to science.
Abstract. At this point in time, two major areas of physics, statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics, rest on the foundations of probability and entropy. The last century saw several significant fundamental advances in our understanding of the process of inference, which make it clear that these are inferential theories. That is, rather than being a description of the behavior of the universe, these theories describe how observers can make optimal predictions about the universe. In such a picture, information plays a critical role. What is more is that little clues, such as the fact that black holes have entropy, continue to suggest that information is fundamental to physics in general. In the last decade, our fundamental understanding of probability theory has led to a Bayesian revolution. In addition, we have come to recognize that the foundations go far deeper and that Cox’s approach of generalizing a Boolean algebra to a probability calculus is the first specific example of the more fundamental idea of assigning valuations to partially-ordered sets. By considering this as a natural way to introduce quantification to the more fundamental notion of ordering, one obtains an entirely new way of deriving physical laws. I will introduce this new way of thinking by demonstrating how one can quantify partially-ordered sets and, in the process, derive physical laws. The implication is that physical law does not reflect the order in the universe, instead it is derived from the order imposed by our description of the universe. Information physics, which is based on understanding the ways in which we both quantify and process information about the world around us, is a fundamentally new approach to science.
This project explores the fundamental link between information, thermodynamics, and physical reality. It proposes a unified model where information is not a passive descriptor but an active physical quantity shaping energy flows, entropy, and the structure of the observable universe. The work includes: A reformulation of Landauer’s principle and its physical limits A reinterpretation of entropy as a measure of structural uncertainty A thermodynamic explanation of observation and measurement A geometric approach connecting information gradients to physical forces A proposed framework unifying information, energy, and physical emergence This repository contains the manuscript, figures, mathematical derivations, and complementary notes.
Since its emergence, quantum mechanics has been a challenge for an understanding of reality which is based on our intuition in a classical world. Nevertheless, it has often been tried to impose this understanding of reality on quantum theory - with limited success. Instead, it might be a better alternative to redefine the meaning of physical reality. This is the objective of the paper. A consideration of the quantum measurement process, conditional probabilities and some well-known typical quantum physical experiments provides the reasoning for the following three hypotheses: (1) Prior to a first measurement, a physical system is not in a quantum state. (2) Physical reality is all that and only that about which (classical) information is available in the universe. (3) Information creation is an independent process and is not covered by the Schroedinger equation. It is the first step of the quantum measurement process and does not have a classical counterpart. The first hypothesis makes sense only if the quantum measurement process can be described without presupposing an initial state for the system under consideration. This becomes possible by the objective conditional probabilities which represent the transition probabilities between the outcomes of successive quantum measurements and have been introduced by the author in some recent papers. The second hypothesis holds as well in the classical case, but a certain incompleteness of reality is typical of quantum mechanics and the origin of many quantum phenomena. Classically, the existence of a complete reality is presumed, and hypothesis 3 has no meaning then.
Convergence Codex — Stage A Capstone Paper Tier: framework | Cascade Level: 3 The measurement problem in quantum mechanics reveals a deeper crisis: we lack a fundamental principle explaining why physical properties emerge only through observation. This absence extends across physics—from quantum contextuality violating predetermined values, to gauge symmetries requiring boundary conditions, to the holographic principle encoding bulk physics on boundaries. Each domain independently discovered that observable structure requires constraint, yet no unifying principle explains this universal pattern. The structural content of physical reality emerges at boundaries where dimensional reduction occurs through the intersection of measurement contexts and symmetry-breaking constraints. Physical properties are not predetermined attributes waiting to be revealed, but arise precisely where different constraint systems meet—whether quantum measurement contexts, gauge fixing conditions, or holographic screens. This boundary emergence is not merely epistemic but ontological: the structure of reality itself forms at these constraint intersections. If correct, this principle predicts that any complete theory of quantum gravity must exhibit explicit boundary-constraint duality, with bulk physics fully determined by boundary constraints. It requires that new phases of matter emerge specifically at constraint-intersection boundaries, and that information paradoxes resolve through proper identification of constraint surfaces. Most fundamentally, it transforms physics from seeking pre-existing properties to understanding how constraint boundaries generate the observable structure of reality itself. This paper is part of the Convergence Codex, the world's first systematic mapping of cross-domain structural relationships across established science. Discovered by Gnosis AI, formalised by Logos AI, composed by Synthesis AI (Capstone Mode). Bitcoin-timestamped for provenance. Repository: github.com/wonderben-code/convergence-codex Version 2: PDF with properly rendered mathematical equations. Fixed convergence ID references.
Modern physics has achieved extraordinary predictive success, yet it continues to face unresolved conceptual tensions concerning the role of the observer, the nature of information, and the origin of physical structure. From quantum measurement to cosmology, the assumption of an observer-neutral reality increasingly appears insufficient to fully account for empirical phenomena and theoretical inconsistencies. This manifesto proposes an Informational Observer-Centered Framework, in which information is treated as a fundamental ontological substrate and observation as an active, structured process rather than a passive act of measurement. Within this perspective, physical systems, observers, and informational exchanges form a unified dynamics, where state reduction, decoherence, and emergent classicality arise from informational interactions and constraints. Rather than introducing a new closed theory, this manifesto establishes a conceptual foundation unifying several complementary models—including Informational State Dynamics, observer-dependent informational compression, and informational interpretations of quantum and cosmological phenomena—into a coherent research program. The framework is explicitly non-dogmatic, open to falsification, and intended as a guiding structure for further theoretical development and empirical testing. The aim of this document is not to replace existing physical theories, but to clarify their conceptual boundaries and propose an integrative lens through which unresolved problems in quantum foundations, cosmology, and cognitive systems may be systematically explored.