Abstract This paper proposes a conceptual information-theoretic framework in which observed physical reality is treated not as a direct presentation of the fundamental substrate, but as an observer-dependent representational domain generated through constrained decoding. The framework distinguishes between two address spaces: a non-metric, deterministic, discrete substrate-level domain (backend), and an observer-level domain (frontend) in which metric structure, temporal ordering, and object-level phenomenology appear. Within this model, photons are treated as the unique cross-domain encoding operator by which substrate state transitions become available to the observer interface. On this basis, several standard quantum-theoretical phenomena—including wave-particle duality, collapse, and nonlocal correlation—are reinterpreted as interface effects arising from representational limitation rather than as primitive properties of reality itself. The paper does not present a completed physical theory. Its purpose is to formulate a coherent philosophical architecture suitable for further formal development in the foundations of physics and theories of observation. The framework draws on and is consistent with the Ontological Resolution Theory (ORT) developed by the author in a series of companion papers. Keywords foundations of physics; philosophy of observation; information-theoretic ontology; photon encoding; observer-dependent reality; emergence of time; emergence of metric; quantum foundations; determinism
Abstract This paper proposes a conceptual information-theoretic framework in which observed physical reality is treated not as a direct presentation of the fundamental substrate, but as an observer-dependent representational domain generated through constrained decoding. The framework distinguishes between two address spaces: a non-metric, deterministic, discrete substrate-level domain (backend), and an observer-level domain (frontend) in which metric structure, temporal ordering, and object-level phenomenology appear. Within this model, photons are treated as the unique cross-domain encoding operator by which substrate state transitions become available to the observer interface. On this basis, several standard quantum-theoretical phenomena—including wave-particle duality, collapse, and nonlocal correlation—are reinterpreted as interface effects arising from representational limitation rather than as primitive properties of reality itself. The paper does not present a completed physical theory. Its purpose is to formulate a coherent philosophical architecture suitable for further formal development in the foundations of physics and theories of observation. The framework draws on and is consistent with the Ontological Resolution Theory (ORT) developed by the author in a series of companion papers. Keywords foundations of physics; philosophy of observation; information-theoretic ontology; photon encoding; observer-dependent reality; emergence of time; emergence of metric; quantum foundations; determinism
This note provides the formal ontological basis for Ontological Resolution Theory (ORT). ORT posits a strict separation between the fundamental substrate (Backend) and the observer interface (Frontend). In this framework, standard physical concepts such as "field", "spin", "electromagnetism", "particle", and "spacetime" are not fundamental entities, but decoder tags generated by a limited-bandwidth A0-interface. The underlying reality operates exclusively on a discrete FCC graph defined by the tuple (G, R, U). This approach represents a radical form of ontic structural realism, where relations are primary, and objects/properties are strictly emergent interface artifacts. This document provides the translation dictionary between standard quantum-theoretical tags and their structural graph counterparts
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.
This work presents the Information-Architectural Model of Reality (IAMR), an ontological and architectural framework for understanding quantum mechanics and fundamental physical law. The framework introduces a layered informational architecture in which the observable quantum domain is treated as an encapsulated immanent subsystem, while the complete state of physical systems is defined at a non-immanent informational level. The IAMR is not proposed merely as another interpretation of quantum mechanics, but as an ontological and architectural framework that revises the underlying assumptions shared by existing interpretations. Rather than modifying the mathematical formalism of quantum theory, it reorients the explanatory standpoint by shifting ontological completeness from the immanent physical domain to a non-immanent informational substrate. Within this framework, quantum superposition, nonlocal correlations, and measurement outcomes are understood as projection and access effects imposed by encapsulation, rather than as intrinsic dynamical features of immanent physical entities. Fundamental constants are treated not as arbitrary numerical inputs, but as stable architectural parameters of an informational system, providing an ontological account of their universality and apparent irreducibility, without claiming to derive their specific numerical values. The work is intended for readers interested in quantum foundations, philosophy of physics, informational and architectural approaches to physical law, and the conceptual structure underlying quantum nonlocality, the measurement problem, and fundamental constants. No new empirical predictions or calculational frameworks are introduced; the contribution is conceptual and ontological.
Short Abstract This paper reexamines the wave–particle duality of photons and the quantum measurement problem, not as deficiencies in physical laws or mathematical formalism, but as consequences of a conceptual conflation between two different hierarchical levels: existence and observation (record). In conventional quantum theory, wave-like phenomena such as interference and diffraction and discrete detection events have been interpreted within the same conceptual level, leading to the widespread notion that “a photon is both a wave and a particle.” However, this interpretation contains an intrinsic conceptual tension arising from projecting the form of observational results directly onto the mode of existence. In this study, observation is defined as a process in which a portion of an ongoing physical process becomes fixed as a discrete record through interaction with a measuring apparatus. By introducing a clear distinction between existence (continuous processes) and record (discrete outcomes), the photon’s wave nature is reinterpreted as its mode of propagation, while its particle-like character is understood as a property of the detection and recording process. Accordingly, wave–particle duality is not treated as a mysterious property of nature, but as a pseudo-problem produced by mixing descriptive levels. Likewise, wave function collapse and the idea that observation determines reality can be reinterpreted as updates of recorded information rather than physical changes in existence. This paper does not modify the mathematical structure of quantum mechanics; instead, it aims to improve interpretational clarity through conceptual reorganization and proposes a framework contributing to foundational discussions in quantum theory. https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1530-4234 Matsuoka × GPT Thought-Experiment Lab Japanese Abstract 本論文は、フォトンの波動粒子二重性および量子測定問題を、物理法則や数理構造の不備としてではなく、存在と観測(記録)という異なる概念階層の混同から生じた問題として再定式化することを目的とする。従来の量子論では、干渉・回折といった波動的現象と、検出における離散的事象が同一階層で解釈されてきた結果、「フォトンは波でもあり粒子でもある」という二重性概念が定着した。しかしこの理解は、観測結果の形式を存在様式へ直接投影したことに起因する概念的緊張を含んでいる。 本論文では、観測を「物理過程の一部が測定装置によって離散的記録として固定化される過程」と定義し、「存在(連続的過程)」と「記録(離散的結果)」を明確に区別する枠組みを導入する。この枠組みに基づき、フォトンの波動性は伝播過程における存在様式、粒子性は検出・記録過程における表現形式として再定義される。したがって波動粒子二重性は自然界の不可解な性質ではなく、記述階層の混同から生じた擬似問題として理解される。 同様に、量子測定問題における波動関数収縮や「観測が実在を決定する」という描像も、存在変化ではなく記録更新として再解釈可能である。本論文は量子論の数理構造を変更するものではなく、概念的整理を通じて解釈上の透明性を高めることを目的とするものであり、量子論の基礎的議論における一つの枠組みを提示する。
Across machine learning, physics, quantum theory, and the biological sciences, many systems exhibit the same fundamental transition: a probabilistic representation of possible states gives rise to a single, externally accessible outcome. Although these processes differ in substrate, scale, and mechanism, they share a minimal structural form involving a description of alternative possibilities, constraints that determine when one becomes admissible, and the resulting realized state. This article develops a substrate-independent framework that formalizes this shared structure. We define a realization condition as the minimal set of constraints under which a probabilistic state description yields a definite, externally accessible outcome, and argue that the role traditionally attributed to an “observer” in quantum theory can be understood in these functional terms. We examine four distinct domains — large language models, information-based physical theories, quantum measurement, and biological decision making — and show that each instantiates this transition in a structurally homologous way without implying mechanistic or ontological equivalence. The framework clarifies the functional role of observation in quantum theory, provides a common vocabulary for cross-domain comparison, and identifies structural expectations that may guide empirical work on uncertainty resolution and outcome formation. The framework is deliberately limited to describing the form of this transition rather than its underlying mechanisms, but it offers a basis for interdisciplinary analysis and a foundation for further theoretical development.
Description: This collection presents a unified, coherence-based framework proposing that physical reality is not fundamental, but derivative—an emergent rendering of structured informational processes operating under thermodynamic and geometric constraints. Across four integrated papers, the author develops the Virtual Ego Framework (VEF) and Coherence-Geometrodynamics (CGD) into a consistent architectural model that reframes long-standing problems in physics and consciousness studies, including: the observer effect in quantum mechanics, the relationship between information, entropy, and gravity, identity persistence independent of material continuity, and the transition from probabilistic (wave) states to localized (particle) reality. Contents Overview Part I — Reality Is a DerivationResolves the “simulation hypothesis” by rejecting external-author metaphors and demonstrating that reality is better understood as a derivation from an informational substrate, consistent with Infodynamics and non-algorithmic (Gödelian) constraints. Part II — The Unified Architecture & the Cost of CoherenceIntroduces the concept of Observer Cost (ζ), showing that coherence, identity, and meaning require irreducible thermodynamic expenditure. This section integrates First-Principles critiques to avoid dualism and enforce ontological solvency. Part III — Coherence, Identity, and the Interface Between Meaning and MatterDevelops a boundary-layer model in which identity is a coherence envelope, not a material artifact. Introduces the Hyperion Universal Interface Membrane (HUIM) and Energy-in-Meaning (“eningmeaning”) as conceptual models explaining how structured intent becomes physical geometry. The Indexing Protocol (v2.1)Formalizes observation as Indexing—a geometric memory allocation event governed by the Genesis Ordinary Differential Equation (Genesis ODE). Proposes the Spheromatryoshka Domain (nested toroidal flows) as the fundamental unit of reality and reframes uncertainty as a bandwidth-solvency constraint rather than intrinsic indeterminacy. Scope and Limits These works are conceptual and architectural, not claims of experimentally confirmed new particles or forces. Speculative constructs (e.g., HUIM, eningmeaning) are explicitly presented as models, consistent with known physics but not replacements for it. The framework is falsifiable at the level of coherence prediction, observer-cost accounting, and identity persistence under pattern preservation. Intended Audience This collection is intended for researchers and advanced readers in: theoretical and digital physics, complex systems and information theory, consciousness studies, AI and cognitive architecture, philosophy of science and ontology. Together, these papers propose a coherent alternative to both naïve materialism and external-simulation narratives, arguing that reality is a just-in-time derivation of meaning under entropy constraints, stabilized by coherence rather than control.