All Things Are One

In the paper's words

Human experience presents a world of objects, events, and continuous flow. Our senses provide a coherent picture of an external reality that seems independent of our minds. This apparent reality, however, is mediated by complex biological and psychological processes.

The abstract, verbatim, and its opening sentence is the claim. Every line below is quoted from the text.

Numbers it reports

1. Although the brain constitutes only about 2% of body weight, it consumes about 20% of the body’s energy.

   from 1.4 The Limits of Cognitive

2. The Planck length, approximately 1.6 x 10^-35 meters, is the scale at which quantum effects of gravity become significant.

   from 2.3 Discreteness and the

3. Evidence from Cosmic Microwave Background and Cosmology The cosmic microwave background radiation is a remnant of the early universe, offering a snapshot of conditions approximately 380,000 years after the Big Bang.

   from 7.1

How it is done

1. Bell’s theorem and entanglement are explained through superdeterminism and shared ancestry in the tree.

   from 1.7 Overview of the Synthesis

2. Leibniz’s thought experiment, later formalized by Mach, suggests that if everything in the universe were shifted, there would be no difference.

   from 2.1 The Concept of a

3. One approach is to identify an internal clock within the universe, such as the volume of space or the value of a scalar field.

   from 2.2 The

4. These infinities are removed by renormalization, but the procedure is somewhat ad hoc.

   from 2.3 Discreteness and the

What would falsify it

1. The brain predicts sensory data and updates its model based on prediction errors.

   from 1.1 The Problem of

2. Scientific models are epistemic tools that allow us to predict and explain observations.

   from 1.2 The

3. This is consistent with the predictive processing theory, which holds that the brain constantly generates predictions about sensory input and updates these predictions based on prediction errors.

   from 1.3 The Role of

Where the claim stops

1. This apparent reality, however, is mediated by complex biological and psychological processes.

   from 1.1 The Problem of

2. The interface theory of perception suggests that the brain does not reveal the true nature of reality.

   from 1.1 The Problem of

3. The synthesis presented in this document adopts a form of realism but with a critical caveat: the objective reality is not the reality we experience.

   from 1.1 The Problem of

Where to read

1. The Static Relational19 words · 1 min
2. 1: The Interface of Reality5,765 words · 25 min
3. 2: The6 words · 1 min
4. 2.1 The Concept of a801 words · 3 min
5. 2.2 The767 words · 3 min
6. 2.3 Discreteness and the770 words · 3 min
7. 2.4 Information as the730 words · 3 min
8. 2.5 The Geometry of721 words · 3 min
9. 2.6 The Bruhat-Tits Tree as a748 words · 3 min
10. 2.7 The Network as a Unified704 words · 3 min
11. 3:10 words · 1 min
12. 3.1 The Ultrametric690 words · 3 min