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Continuum of Change: An Ontology of Discrete Ticks and Emergent Reality

Reddy Govind

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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This manuscript presents an original ontological framework asserting that change is the sole foundational truth of reality. The universe is conceptualized as a seamless continuum of perpetual reconfiguration occurring through discrete primal increments ("basic ticks"). Perceived permanence—stable objects, linear time, enduring identities—is an illusion arising from consciousness amalgamating these rapid micro-ticks into human-perceivable "frames" or moments. No ontological layers (e.g., quantum vs. classical) exist; all phenomena emerge uniformly from the same flux. Three minimal symbolic equations illustrate the dynamics, while a hand-drawn figure depicts emergent complexity branching from a single basic particle. Quantum wave function collapse remains conceptually unresolved in standard physics, yet macroscopic emergence from micro-changes is widely accepted—this framework reframes collapse as a perceptual artifact of tick amalgamation. The ontology invites direct perception of reality as pure becoming.

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10.5281/zenodo.18000020

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