# A New Perspective on Blocking Sunlight: Interference Patterns in an Autaxic, Holographic Universe ## I. Introduction: Reinterpreting a Common Observation Through an Information-Centric Lens ### A. The Everyday Scenario: Intercepting Sunlight with a Shade Consider the familiar experience of a strong afternoon sun warming a room. The intuitive response is to deploy a shade to block the sun's rays, creating coolness and shadow. This simple action is universally understood and appears straightforward within our conventional understanding of physics. ### B. The Classical Interpretation: Physical Barriers and Particle Interaction Our conventional understanding views this interaction through the lens of classical physics and the particle model of light. Sunlight, composed of photons, is seen as a stream of discrete particles traveling in straight lines. The shade is a tangible physical object, a barrier in the path of these particles. Opaque shades are thought to physically obstruct photons, either absorbing or reflecting them. Transparent shades allow most photons to pass through, perhaps scattering or absorbing a few. The interaction is fundamentally one of physical entities colliding with or being absorbed by a physical structure. This model, while effective for many macroscopic predictions, may not represent the most fundamental level of reality. ### C. Introducing an Alternative Framework: The Autaxic and Holographic Universe Within the framework of an autaxic universe consistent with the holographic principle, this seemingly simple act of blocking sunlight takes on a profoundly different meaning. It is not about physical objects colliding, but about the dynamic interplay and interference of underlying information patterns that constitute reality. This perspective suggests that our perceived physical world is an emergent phenomenon, a complex projection from a deeper informational substrate. #### 1. Core Thesis: Physical reality, including light and matter, emerges from the interference of fundamental information patterns. From this perspective, the universe is fundamentally composed of information. What we perceive as physical objects, energy, and interactions are emergent phenomena arising from the complex organization and interference of these informational structures. Blocking sunlight is not a physical obstruction, but a manipulation of these patterns at a deeper, informational level. The perceived solidity of matter and the propagation of energy are manifestations of stable or propagating configurations within this informational field. #### 2. Conceptual Model: Analogy of Moiré Patterns and Holographic Projection A helpful analogy is that of Moiré patterns or the layers within a hologram. Moiré patterns arise when two repetitive patterns are overlaid, creating a new, larger-scale pattern that is not present in either original. Similarly, a hologram encodes a 3D image within a 2D pattern, which is then reconstructed through interference. In this framework, what we perceive as physical interaction – the shade blocking light – is the emergent result of the informational patterns of sunlight and the shade being superimposed and interfering with one another, much like overlapping waves or overlaid Moiré gratings. The resulting combined pattern dictates the perceived reality in that region of space. ## II. The Theoretical Foundation: An Information-Based Reality The reinterpretation of the sun-shade interaction as the manipulation of interference patterns is grounded in the concepts of the autaxic universe and the holographic principle, which together propose an information-centric view of reality. ### A. The Autaxic Universe: Self-Organizing Information #### 1. Definition: A self-organizing and self-correcting system where fundamental order is inherent and arises from information. The concept of an autaxic universe describes a system that possesses intrinsic order and structure, not imposed externally but emerging from its fundamental principles. This order arises from the way information is organized and processed within the system. It is a universe that is inherently self-organizing and self-correcting, maintaining coherence through the dynamic interaction of its informational components. This inherent order allows for the stable emergence of complex structures and phenomena, including the laws of physics themselves. #### 2. Fundamental Constituent: Information as the irreducible basis of reality. In this model, information is not merely a description of reality, but its most fundamental constituent. It is the bedrock upon which everything else is built. Particles, fields, energy, space, and time are all considered emergent properties arising from the configurations and dynamics of this underlying informational structure. The universe is, at its deepest level, a complex, evolving informational system, where information is the primary 'substance'. This information is not abstract data but possesses inherent properties and dynamics that give rise to physical phenomena. ### B. The Holographic Principle: Reality as a Projected Information Pattern #### 1. Definition: All information contained within a volume of space can be entirely encoded on its lower-dimensional boundary surface. A cornerstone of this framework, the holographic principle, derived from studies of black holes and quantum gravity, posits that the total information content of a three-dimensional region of space can be fully described by degrees of freedom residing on its two-dimensional boundary. This is analogous to how a 2D hologram plate can encode a 3D image. This principle suggests a profound connection between information, space, and gravity, implying that the spatial dimensions we experience are not fundamental but are constructed from information on a boundary. #### 2. Implication: Our perceived 3D reality is a complex, dynamic projection from a lower-dimensional informational surface. This principle suggests that our familiar three-dimensional universe, with its objects and interactions, is not the most fundamental level of reality. Instead,