IPI Talk - Florian Neukart, University of Leiden, Saturday, 24 May 2025

IPI lecture - Florian Neukart, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

Our next IPI Talk will be on Saturday, 24^th of May. at 17.00 London time. 

Title: Gravity and the Fabric of Information: Exploring the Geometry-Information Duality

Abstract:

What if gravity is not only shaped by energy and matter but also by information? In this talk, I will present recent research introducing an informational stress-energy tensor derived from quantum entanglement entropy, which contributes directly to gravitational dynamics. This leads to calculable corrections to Newton’s constant and black hole masses, effects rooted in quantum information rather than classical fields. We will explore how this framework connects geometry and information at a fundamental level and what it could mean for our understanding of spacetime, cosmology, and the unification of physics.

Author: Florian Neukart

BIO: Florian Neukart is a professor of quantum computing at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science and the Chief Product Officer at Terra Quantum AG. His work spans applied quantum computing, AI, and foundational physics. He is the author of over 120 scientific publications and several books and, besides working on quantum technologies, focuses on how quantum information may underpin the physical laws governing our universe.

24^th of May @ 17.00 London time. Online ZOOM lecture – a link will be emailed to the IPI members.

 

Teleological Physics & Duality

IPI member, Paul Abbotts' working paper on Teleological Physics & Duality.

Teleological physics is therefore the study of order, structure patterns, symmetry, goals and the fact that there is an underlying mechanism to the universe and reality which is preordained and gives meaning to life. Non-teleological physics states that there is no ultimate pattern to reality, that life is inherently meaningless and has no purpose and is based upon randomness, entropy (information), non-symmetry and the lack of an ultimate pattern to causality. These two concepts are united through the paradigm of duality. 

Read the PDF article in full here.