This paper re-examines a fundamental assumption: that “solidity” is an inherent property of matter. Through a thought experiment involving neutrinos — particles that rarely interact with electromagnetic fields — it is shown that the same wall appears solid to a human observer but nearly void to a neutrino. The paper argues that solidity is not a fixed attribute of matter, but a cognitive product of the observer's perceptual system and scale of interaction. This does not deny the existence of walls, but repositions our understanding of them: the “solid world” we perceive is a product of our own perceptual structure. Keywords:
This paper re-examines a fundamental assumption: that “solidity” is an inherent property of matter. Through a thought experiment involving neutrinos — particles that rarely interact with electromagnetic fields — it is shown that the same wall appears solid to a human observer but nearly void to a neutrino. The paper argues that solidity is not a fixed attribute of matter, but a cognitive product of the observer's perceptual system and scale of interaction. This does not deny the existence of walls, but repositions our understanding of them: the “solid world” we perceive is a product of our own perceptual structure. Keywords:
This paper aims to conceptually explore the possibility of humans passing through solid walls without invoking supernatural abilities or unknown physical laws, from the perspective of the Future-Note Theory. In conventional physics, the electromagnetic repulsion between the electron clouds of atoms and molecules that constitute a wall renders physical passage impossible. However, according to the Future-Note Theory, physical existence is understood as a relational structure that emerges only under conditions where interactions can effectively occur. From this standpoint, if the interaction scales between the atomic and electronic structures of a human and those of a wall are mismatched, tactile interactions may not be established, while visual interactions remain effective. Under such conditions, a human could behave as if "passing through" the wall in a conceptual sense. Through thought experiments and conceptual analysis, this paper examines the conditions under which interaction-scale mismatches can result in a non-contact state with physical barriers. It further discusses the technical feasibility in terms of controlling electron cloud scales, managing interatomic interactions, and maintaining structural integrity. Although current technology does not allow such manipulations, this study provides a framework for understanding wall passage not as a violation of physical laws but as a phenomenon dependent on interaction-scale conditions.
This paper challenges the fundamental assumption that mass and solidity are intrinsic properties of matter. Given that 99.9999999% of an atom is empty space, we propose that "weight" and "solidity" are emergent phenomena arising from electromagnetic interactions interpreted through conscious awareness. Building on the "Matter-to-Information Conversion (MIC)" framework, we argue that perceived mass is the subjective signature of quantum decoherence—the moment information collapses into a classical state. By recognizing that materiality is an observer-dependent illusion, we open the theoretical possibility of manipulating physical resistance and "weight" through consciousness, offering profound implications for regenerative medicine, material science, and our understanding of physical reality. Observer-Dependent Mass, Illusion of Solidity, Quantum Decoherence, Matter-Information Equivalence, Integrated Information Theory (IIT), Perceived Materiality, MIC, Inside-Out Universe
Quantum mechanics is often perceived as conceptually paradoxical because it appears to conflict with deeply rooted intuitions about fixed reality, determinism, and observation. This paper does not propose a new physical theory. Instead, it offers an epistemological reframing of quantum mechanics: not as a direct mathematical unveiling of a fully fixed pre-existing reality, but as a highly precise description of phenomenological structures emerging through observational conditions and interaction. The paper explores: the distinction between mathematical predictive success and ontological completeness, the role of human perception in constructing “fixed reality” intuitions, the phenomenological nature of qualities such as color and temperature, the possibility that some conceptual tensions in quantum mechanics arise from assumptions inherited from macroscopic cognition, and how quantum theory may be interpreted as describing observable structures rather than fixed hidden states. The work intentionally avoids mystical, anti-scientific, or consciousness-centric interpretations of quantum mechanics. It does not deny the existence of reality, nor reject modern physics. Rather, it attempts to clarify what exactly mathematical models are describing when applied to quantum phenomena. This text is positioned as a conceptual and phenomenological reorganization of perspective — a small doorway toward reconsidering how humans frame “reality” itself.
Abstract: The mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics has achieved undeniable success over the past century, yet its interpretation remains persistently divided. The Copenhagen, Many-Worlds, and Quantum Bayesian interpretations—none can coherently address the recurring "observer participation" issue in quantum phenomena without introducing additional ad hoc assumptions. This paper argues that this division does not stem from deficiencies in mathematical formalism, but from a deeper paradigmatic presupposition: that quantum mechanics is tacitly regarded as a theory of "matter itself." This paper proposes a different perspective: quantum mechanics is not a theory describing the properties of matter itself, but a theory describing the rules by which information is translated from a global potential state to a local manifest state when material systems couple with cognitive systems—what this paper terms the "Mind-Matter Linkage." Based on the axiom of "Mind-Matter Unity," this paper defines three layers of function (Ontological Function, Differentiation Function, Manifestation Function), and repositions quantum mechanics as the mathematical formal system of translation rules between the Differentiation Function and the Manifestation Function. From this axiom, this paper successively derives five core phenomena that require ad hoc assumptions within the matter-only framework—the delayed-choice experiment, the quantum eraser experiment, quantum entanglement, the quantum Zeno effect, and the "Hard Problem" of consciousness—demonstrating how a single set of premises naturally yields these phenomena without the need for additional assumptions for each individual phenomenon. Comparative analysis shows that, in the specific dimension of "number of assumptions required to explain the fivefold dilemma," the framework proposed here exhibits structural advantages, though these advantages remain at the level of explanatory power and have not yet been extended to mathematical formalization or predictive power. This paper does not deny the reality of matter, does not modify the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics, and does not replace existing interpretations, but rather offers a supplementary perspectival shift at the epistemological level.
The mind of man is central to the structure and functioning of the physical world. Modern physical theory indicates that the mind stands in a relationship of equals to the physical world. Both are fundamental, neither can be reduced to the other, and both require each other for their full understanding. This thesis is at odds with the view of the universe found in Newtonian mechanics as well as the generally held view among contemporary physicists of modern physical theory. Since the Renaissance, people have come to understand a great deal about the physical world, and they have gained significant control over it. This increased power over the physical world has occurred hand in hand with the assumption that the structure and functioning of the physical world is essentially independent from human cognition. According to this assumption, if a person’s cognitive capacity did not exist, the functioning of the physical world would not be fundamentally altered. This last statement is not in fact correct, and modern physical theory, and even fundamentals underlying Newtonian mechanics, provide evidence to attest to this. Nonetheless, contemporary physicists for the most part do not see that the relationship of human cognition to the physical world is radically altered in their own modern theory, theory that is supported by a great deal of empirical data. Instead, attempting to preserve the thesis that the structure and functioning of the physical world is independent of the mind while on a practical level relying on modern theory that contradicts this thesis, physicists have placed themselves in the position of wondering at times exactly what is the nature of the physical world at the same time they obtain experimental results concerning the physical world that can only be labeled astonishing in their precision and the scope of their implications. Modern physical theory consists of three main components: 1) the special and general theories of relativity; 2) quantum mechanics; and 3) statistical mechanics. There are very successful theories that have been developed on the basis of these three bedrock areas. An example is quantum electrodynamics. But these theories owe their conceptual foundation to the three components mentioned. The basic issues at the core of these three components also are expressed in these later theories. In addition, there are new unresolved issues of a fundamental nature concerning the conceptual integrity of these later theories that do not apply to quantum mechanics, relativity theory, and statistical mechanics. Quantum mechanics and relativity theory are areas I have written about for over twelve years. The nature of statistical mechanics has also been of interest to me during this time. But when I took a serious look in 1993 at Tolman’s (1938) The Principles of Statistical Mechanics, it became clear that the mind is linked to the physical world in statistical mechanics, a relationship I had found earlier in both relativity theory and quantum mechanics. It was after reading Tolman’s justification of the method of statistical mechanics in the original that I decided to write this book. When I found that the three components of modern physical theory all pointed to the same relationship between mind and the physical world, it became clear that the fundamental isolation of the mind from the physical world that has characterized our experience since the development of Newtonian mechanics is unfounded. Based on empirically supported principles of modern physical theory, I determined that the appropriate assumption for one’s experience, that the mind is linked to the physical world, could be stated with confidence. The impact of this change in assumption concerning the relationship of man to the cosmos in modern physical theory will find its way into our everyday experience. It will perhaps have no greater effect than in reducing the sense of isolation of man from the world that has characterized modern existence.
This paper investigates the nature of reality by looking at the philosophical debate between realism and idealism and at scientific investigations in quantum physics and at recent studies of animal senses, neurology and cognitive psychology. The concept of perceptual relativity is examined and this involves looking at sense perception in other animals and various examples of perceptual relativity in science. It will be concluded that the universe is observer dependent and that there is no reality independent of the observer, which is knowable to the observer. The paper concludes by an investigation of what an observer dependent universe would be like and that recognition of an observer dependent world would lead to a more open minded and tolerant world.