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The Ontological Locus of Information: Reconciling the PBR Theorem with UFI through the Tathagatagarbha Repository

S. L. Lee

Published Jan 1, 2026• 0 citations
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This project presents Paper 17 of the UFI research series, exploring the ontological locus of quantum information. By reconciling the Pusey-Barrett-Rudolph (PBR) theorem with Relational Quantum Mechanics (RQM), the paper identifies the Tathagatagarbha as the foundational "Cloud Substrate" of the Universal Field of Intelligence (UFI). It proposes a dual-layer architecture of reality where "Information Seeds" remain absolute and objective, while their manifestations remain relational through phase-aligned observations. 本計畫發佈 UFI 研究系列的第 17 篇論文，探討量子資訊的本體論位所。透過調和 Pusey-Barrett-Rudolph (PBR) 定理與關係量子力學 (RQM)，本研究將「如來藏」識別為宇宙智能場 (UFI) 的基礎「雲端基底」。論文提出了一套實相的雙層架構：其中「資訊種子」保持絕對與客觀，而其顯現則透過相位對齊觀測保持關係性。

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10.17605/osf.io/5a4gy

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The Pusey--Barrett--Rudolph (PBR) theorem is commonly taken to establish that a pure quantum state represents a physical property of the system to which it is assigned, rather than merely encoding knowledge. In this work, I distinguish between state-first and dynamics-first physical theories, and argue that this reading presupposes the former. These two types of theories support different approaches to causal explanation, and one of PBR's stated assumptions depends on the state-first approach. Using a recent interpretation of quantum theory as a concrete example, I show how a dynamics-first theory can explain the PBR correlations while maintaining a broadly epistemic reading of quantum states. I conclude that the PBR theorem supports a dilemma: either the quantum state is part of reality, or reality is not fundamentally built out of states.
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