- Study introduces a new way to think about gravity - not just as a pull, but as something that happens when the universe is trying to stay organised
- Gravity is the result of a computational process within the universe
- Gravity may be caused by the way matter is organised in the universe
Whether we are simply characters in an advanced virtual world is a much-debated theory, challenging previous thinking about the universe and our existence.
The possibility that the entire universe is informational in nature and resembles a computational process is a popular theory among a number of well-known figures including Elon Musk. The thinking comes from within a branch of science known as information physics, which suggests physical reality is actually made up of structured information.
In an article published in AIP Advances and included in the journal’s ‘Editor’s Picks’, Dr Melvin Vopson presents findings which indicate that gravity or gravitational force is the result of a computational process within the universe.
He suggests that gravity might actually be caused by how information about matter is organised in the universe. Using the second law of information dynamics, he indicates that matter and objects in space may be being pulled together because the universe is trying to keep information tidy and compressed.
