2025/05/26 by Dreyer, Andy Charles
#Astrophysics and Astronomy #Emergent Spacetime #FOS: Physical sciences #Gravity #Independent Research #Information Theory #Physical Sciences and Mathematics #Physics #Quantum Gravity #Quantum Physics #Theoretical Physics
paper · doi:10.17605/osf.io/96vhk
This paper proposes a foundational theory of emergent physical reality based on the primacy of information. It postulates that gravity is not merely a geometric distortion caused by mass and energy, but a mechanism of informational binding that gives rise to spacetime structure. All physical entities are assumed to exist initially as informational states, becoming realized only through observation or nontrivial interaction. This framework generalizes quantum duality, asserting that all systems, regardless of scale, exist simultaneously in potential (wave-like) and realized (particle-like) forms. Time is conceptualized as the ordered progression of informational change—an emergent consequence of the transition between informational states. Axioms are formulated to govern the principles of observation, informational density, gravitational binding, and frame-dependent reality. A minimal mathematical structure is introduced, including field-like informational potentials and binding functions that correlate informational density with curvature and classical stability. Several derived theorems are presented to formalize observer-relative realization, informational collapse, and emergent classicality from redundancy. The theory provides a coherent, testable framework that bridges concepts from quantum mechanics, general relativity, and information theory. While still in formative stages, it offers potential insight toward a unified model of physical laws grounded in information as the fabric of reality.