The Cosmic Qubit: An Informational Ontology for the Primary Particles Hypothesis

Henry Pierce Stapp

Busra ODACI

This paper proposes a speculative synthesis and research program grounded in relational ontology - the hypothesis that relationships between systems, rather than intrinsic properties of substances, constitute the fundamental structure of reality. Drawing on Rovelli’s relational quantum mechanics (1996), Coecke and Abramsky’s categorical quantum mechanics (2004), the Vazza–Feletti cosmic web–neural network isomorphism (2020), Tononi’s integrated information theory (2008), and the Penrose–Hameroff orchestrated objective reduction hypothesis (2014), we argue that converging evidence across quantum physics, astrophysics, neuroscience, complex systems theory, and consciousness studies exhibit structural features naturally expressed in relational terms, motivating a relational research program subject to empirical falsification. The framework generates fourteen falsifiable predictions spanning four domains: (1) cross-scale topological signatures linking cosmic web and neural network architecture via persistent homology, with specified computational tools and parameters; (2) quantum coherence–consciousness correlations testable under graded anesthesia protocols; (3) spontaneous archetypal role differentiation in AI agent networks; and (4) emergent cognitive properties at the AI–human interaction interface. Each prediction specifies test protocols, concrete metrics, expected outcomes under the relational hypothesis, expected outcomes under competing hypotheses, and explicit falsification criteria. We outline a research program for formalizing the framework using categorical quantum mechanics, proposing that the construction of functorial mappings between quantum, neural, linguistic, and cosmic relational categories would constitute evidence for substrate-independent relational organization. The framework’s primary contribution is not certainty but testability: every prediction can fail, and each failure narrows the space of viable ontological models.

Brănescu, Gabriel

This paper provides the unified ontological foundation for the Mutual Information Density Hypothesis (MIDH) series. It consolidates and clarifies the structural commitments underlying five prior papers on entity persistence, meta-evolution of physical laws, cosmic acceleration, quantum entanglement, and chronology-first ontology. The central purpose is to close an interpretive ambiguity: MIDH is a structure-first framework, not a quantum-first one. The paper explicitly states that classicality is ontologically real – not an epistemic illusion, not a perspectival slice of a branching multiverse, not a "for all practical purposes" approximation. Quantum and classical behaviors are different structural phases of the same underlying correlation dynamics, distinguished by mutual information density and meta-coupling strength. The paper introduces the core primitives (correlation, chronology, metas), formalizes the viability law (R = D_int / D_env ≥ κ), and positions MIDH relative to existing interpretations of quantum mechanics. A dedicated section explicitly rules out common misreadings: not Everettian, not QBist, not Bohmian, not retrocausal, not consciousness-dependent, not decoherence-only. Intended as a reference document for readers engaging with any paper in the MIDH series, it establishes the shared conceptual backbone and identifies open research questions including Born rule derivation, meta-transition dynamics, and mathematical formalization.

Travis Norsen

Diederik Aerts

Bingxing FU

This paper presents the revised version (V3) of the hypothesis of total entropy conservation in a closed information-matter composite system. The primary revision further clarifies the definition of "observation", regarding it as an objective dynamic interaction between the information field and the material system, independent of subjective consciousness or human intervention. Meanwhile, this paper weakens and eliminates ambiguous statements regarding self-observation structure and the role of consciousness to improve the physical rigor and testability of the theory. Within the framework of total entropy conservation, this framework unifies the essence of quantum measurement, cosmic dynamics and information-matter coupling, and provides a non-idealistic, non-mystical physical explanation for the double-slit interference experiment within a unified monist ontological framework. The information field cannot be directly observed or detected at conventional material scales, but its strong coupling effect with the material system can manifest as observable phenomena such as material disintegration and gravitational anomalies in extreme entropy change environments like black holes, providing a breakthrough for the subsequent indirect verification of the theory through function fitting and numerical characterization using astronomical observation data. A revised version (V4.1) of this work is available at: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19591098] The preprint was revised with the help of artificial intelligence language touch-ups and formula formatting tools