Emergent Physical Reality

In the paper's words

This work presents a comprehensive, first-principles derivation of physical reality, positing that the universe is a hierarchical, emergent structure founded upon a minimal set of foundational postulates governing information, conservation, and logical inference. The argument proceeds in two stages: deconstruction and reconstruction. First, the traditional pillars of physics—dimensional constants, the Planck scale, and spacetime geometry—are critically analyzed and shown to be non-fundamental, derived concepts.

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

Numbers it reports

1. Theorem 1.3 (Second Law of Thermodynamics): The coarse-grained entropy of an isolated system is non-decreasing: $\frac{dS_{CG}}{dt} \ge 0$.

   from 4.1 Level 1:

2. Information-Gravity Constraints Theorem 2.1 (Bekenstein Bound): The entropy of any system is bounded: $S \le 2\pi E R$ (Bekenstein, 1973).

   from 4.2 Level 2:

3. Dimensional reduction in quantum gravity. arXiv preprint gr-qc/9310026 .

   from 7. References

How it is done

1. Level 2 provides derivations of the Bekenstein Bound and Holographic Principle as arguments from physical consistency.

   from Physical

2. Proof: Start with the standard form: $$i\hbar\frac{\partial \Psi}{\partial t} = -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\nabla^2 \Psi + V\Psi$$ Define dimensionless variables and operators: $t=t't_P$, $x=x'\ell_P$ (implying $\nabla^2 = \nabla'^2/\ell_P^2$), $m=m'm_P$, $V=V'E_P$.

   from Time-Dependent Schrödinger

3. Proof: Start with the standard form: $$G_{\mu\nu} + \Lambda g_{\mu\nu} = \frac{8\pi G}{c^4} T_{\mu\nu}$$ Define dimensionless tensors by scaling with appropriate powers of Planck length $\ell_P$.

   from Einstein Field Equations

4. This factor ensures consistency between the information density limit (Bekenstein bound) and the emergent geometric structure.

   from On

What would falsify it

1. Rebuttal (by Specificity): Falsifiability exists at two levels.

   from Criticism 2: Falsifiability

2. 1) The core postulate of Unitarity is directly falsifiable.

   from Criticism 2: Falsifiability

3. Failure to match even one value constitutes falsification.

   from Criticism 2: Falsifiability

Where the claim stops

1. However, the field equations for spin-s particles contain a factor of 2s in their coupling constants.

   from On

2. Identical procedures yield: $\ell_P = \sqrt{\frac{\hbar G}{c^3}}$ $t_P = \sqrt{\frac{\hbar G}{c^5}}$ Conclusion: The Planck scale is derived from provisional constants and cannot itself be fundamental.

   from 2.2 Planck Scale as a

3. Assume spacetime geometry is fundamental.

   from 2.3 Spacetime Geometry as

Where to read

1. Physical255 words · 1 min
2. 1. Introduction: The199 words · 1 min
3. 2.1,776 words · 8 min
4. 3. Information-Theoretic243 words · 1 min
5. 4. Hierarchical1,002 words · 4 min
6. 5. Anticipated216 words · 1 min
7. 6. Conclusion:191 words · 1 min
8. 7. References212 words · 1 min