IPI lecture - Dr. Emily Adlam, Chapman University, USA

Our next IPI Lecture will be on Saturday, 24th of February at 16.00 London time. 

Title: Are Entropy Bounds Epistemic?

Abstract: Entropy bounds have played an important role in the development of holography as an approach to quantum gravity. In this talk I will introduce the strong and covariant entropy bounds, and then discuss how the covariant bound should be interpreted. I will argue that there is a possible way of thinking about the covariant entropy bound which would suggest that it encodes an epistemic limitation rather than an objective count of the true number of degrees of freedom on a light-sheet; thus I will distinguish between ontological and epistemic interpretations of the covariant bound. I will consider the consequences that these interpretations might have for physics and discuss what each approach has to say about gravitational phenomena. My aim is not to advocate for either the ontological or epistemic approach in particular, but rather to articulate both possibilities clearly and explore some arguments for and against them.

Speaker: Dr. Emily Adlam

BIO: Emily is a philosopher of physics focusing on the foundations of quantum mechanics, quantum clocks and the philosophy of time, particularly approaches to physics which go beyond the time evolution paradigm – encompassing a range of possibilities like temporal non-locality, retrocausality, and all-at-once laws. She is also interested in pursuing the consequences of these possibilities for philosophical topics like laws and determinism.

Emily did her PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge. Prior to that she completed the Perimeter Scholar’s International programme in theoretical physics, and she did her undergraduate degree in physics and philosophy at the University of Oxford. Emily was a postdoctoral associate at the University of Western Ontario before moving to Chapman University. She is also associated with Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Western University. 

IPI members will receive an email with the link to join the event. If you wish to attend this IPI Talk, please email: information.physics.institute@gmail.com 

Why ideologies are harmful and unachievable

Every ideology is potentially harmful to life and existence, because it would not ever have (allow) enough energy (information) to be used, thus would thrive only in uncertainty (entropy) thru force. Ideologies, necessarily, are never achievable because the laws of physics prohibit them. 1st law of thermodynamics; energy can’t be created nor destroyed, energy is conserved, entails that ulteriorly motivated goals consume the energy which would be needed to achieve and sustain goals that do not have sufficient information. This is the Information Deficit Paradox. Such actions can’t create energy which then has to be captured from other energy sources.  The energy dissipated by enforcing ideological goals has to be compensated by the dissipating energy from other sources such as harm caused expressed in collateral damage. Externalities are a form of wasted or dissipated energy and can be quantified in monetary or emotional value. Nature does not waste energy nor information. Negative interdependence  (I can win, because you can't) is therefore always a consequence, because the necessitated human action of enforcement to ‘produce’ energy is not condoned by nature without energy dissipation. It would break the 1st law. Those who insist on the implementation of an ideology, always, as history demonstrates, first attempt to censor information and subsequently turn to oppression and violence, believing that such action controls nonlinear complex adaptive systems (society). If this logical deliberation is correct; oppression and violent action consume energy by the needed human activity of suppressing the information about collateral damage. It accelerates social entropy according the 2nd law of thermodynamics. A false perception which is a misconception which led and still leads to the global risks listed by the World Economic Forum. A low level of consciousness (L.o.c.) (Hawkins, 2014) produces an outdated, mechanistic perception and world-view which through this research, can be understood as a threat to human and non human life, social cohesion and the environment. It is a form of negative interdependence, also described as modernity, imposed by a self-appointing elite, who don’t realise that energy is equivalent to information and can’t be destroyed nor escaped from.

Chat GPT by Ton De Graaf: Summary ; Certainly! Let's break down the key points for a 12-year-old:

1. *Ideologies and Energy*:

   - Ideologies are like big ideas or beliefs that people follow.

   - Imagine them as energy sources. Some ideologies need a lot of energy to exist.

   - But here's the catch: they don't always have enough energy (information) to work properly.

2. *Laws of Physics*:

   - The first law of thermodynamics says energy can't be created or destroyed—it just changes form.

   - Ideologies need energy to achieve their goals, but they can't magically create it.

   - They have to take energy from other sources, like causing harm (collateral damage).

3. *Nature Doesn't Waste Energy*:

   - Nature is efficient. It doesn't waste energy or information.

   - When people enforce ideologies, they use energy (like suppressing information).

   - But this energy has to come from somewhere else, and that can cause problems.

4. *Oppression and Violence*:

   - People who push ideologies often censor information and use force.

   - But this takes energy, and it can harm society (social entropy).

   - It's like trying to control a complex system with a flawed idea.

5. *Conclusion*:

   - Some old ways of thinking (low consciousness) can be harmful.

   - We need to be smarter about how we use energy and information.

   - Let's aim for better ideas that don't hurt people or the world.

Remember, it's okay to question things and seek better solutions! 🌟

[11:07, 14-02-2024] Ton De Graaf: Low consciousness => better wording; less awareness in consciousness field of potential energy.

[11:07, 14-02-2024] Ton De Graaf: Consciousness is. Awareness is in a level available per human.

Neuralink implanted wireless brain chip

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has claimed his Neuralink company has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human.

 

IPI lecture - Prof. Donatello Dolce, University of Camerino, Italy

IPI lecture - Prof. Donatello Dolce, University of Camerino, Italy

Our next IPI Lecture will be on Saturday, 2nd of December at 15.00 London time. 

Title: On the Cyclic Nature of Time and the Consequent Exact Derivation of Quantum Mechanics from Classical-Relativistic Physics

Abstract: We have proven, with mathematical certainty and in several independent ways, the exact equivalence between the statistical description of ultra-fast harmonic dynamics, classical in the essence, and ordinary quantum mechanics. The equivalence has been rigorously confirmed in terms of all the main quantization prescriptions: canonical quantization, Feynman quantization, second quantization, etc..., and successfully verified for non-trivial quantum phenomena of condensed matter and high energy physics. The non-trivial topology of the theory has revealed a further remarkable result: the principle of relativistic covariance directly yields gauge interaction, without postulating gauge invariance, as much as gravitational interaction. All these independent results constitute an abundant amount of unequivocal evidence to postulate the intrinsic periodicity of elementary systems as the fundamental classical principle at the base of quantum mechanics. That is, the whole plethora of quantum phenomena turns out to be fully conciliated, in a fully unified description, with the principle of classical-relativistic physics, provided the introduction of a cyclic nature for the relativistic time.

 [1] “Internal times” and how to second-quantize fields by means of periodic boundary conditions, Donatello Dolce, Published in: Annals Phys. 457 (2023) 169398; DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2023.169398

[2] Is time a cyclic dimension? Canonical quantization implicit in classical cyclic dynamics, Donatello Dolce, Published in: Annals Phys. 448 (2023) 169182; DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2022.169182
[3] New Stringy Physics Beyond Quantum Mechanics from the Feynman Path Integral
Donatello Dolce, International Journal of Quantum Foundations. Volume 8, Issue 3, July 2022, pages 125-147; https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2106.05167
[4] Gauge Interaction as Periodicity Modulation, Donatello Dolce, Published in: Annals Phys. 327 (2012) 1562-1592 DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2012.02.007

Author: Prof. Donatello Dolce

BIO: Donatello Dolce has a Ph.D. in Theoretical High Energy Physics from the University of Florence (Italy). Subsequently, and attended three postdoctoral fellowships in various High Energy Physics institutes such as IFAE at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain), THEP at the J. Gutenberg University of Mainz (Germany), and CoEPP at the University of Melbourne (Australia). Presently he is affiliated with the University of Camerino (Italy). Inspired by his studies of physics beyond the Standard Model, he developed a proposal for a unified theory of quantum and relativistic physics called the Elementary Space-Time Cycles Theory. This theory has been the subject of 21 published papers over more than 10 years, many of them peer-reviewed in highly-ranked scientific journals, but unfortunately, for reasons that have nothing to do with fair scientific conduct, it is mostly unknown to the vast majority of the physics community.

 2^nd of December at 15.00 London time. Online ZOOM lecture – a link will be emailed to the IPI members.

EU, US or UN don't have nor use the energy(information) needed to function - Arend van Campen

 Information is a real substance. It is not only a message, something you may know or read in a paper, argues Arend van Campen. In this interview he explains what this means: "we can measure and map the information quality and quantity in man-made systems and predict if they can function and perform fully. This means that the EU, US, the UN will cease to exist in their current form, because they cause harm due to an information deficit".

 

Read the full article here. 

Posted by Melvin on behalf of Arend. 

IPI lecture - Prof. Andrei Khrennikov, Linnaeus University, Sweden

Our next IPI Lecture will be on Saturday, 16th of September at 15.00 London time. 

Title: Modelling social lasing by using the mathematical formalism of quantum theory

Abstract: During the last years our society was permanently disturbed by the coherent information waves of high amplitudes. These are waves of huge social energy. Often, they are of the destructive character, a kind of information tsunami. But they can carry as well positive improvements in the human society, as waves of decision making matching rational recommendations of societal institutes. The main distinguishing features of these waves are their high amplitude, coherence (homogeneous character of social actions generated by them), and short time needed for their generation and relaxation.

We show that such social phenomenon can be modelled on the basis of the recently developed social laser theory [1-4]. This theory can be used to model stimulated amplification of coherent social actions. ``Actions” are treated very generally, from mass protests to votes and other collective decisions, as, e.g., acceptance (often unconscious) of some societal recommendations. We point to the main distinguishing features of the modern society simplifying social lasing:

a)   transformation of humans into social atoms - loss of individuality and increase of indistinguishability;

b) generation by mass-media of powerful information fields leading to information overload of social atoms;

c)  creation of powerful social resonators based on internet Echo Chambers Functioning of internet based social resonators leads to increase of the power of the quantum information field as well as its coherence;

We stress that social laser is a part of the extended project on applications of the formalism of quantum theory outside of physics, quantum-like modelling. This terminology was invented to distinguish this modelling from attempts to reduce human consciousness, cognition, and consequently behavior to genuine quantum physical processes in the brain (e.g., by Ricciardi, Umezawa, Penrose, Hameroff, Vittiello). Nowadays, the mathematical formalism and the methodology of quantum theory are widely used in psychology, decision making, cognitive, social, and political sciences, game theory, economics and finance.

1. Khrennikov, A. (2016). Social laser: Action amplification by stimulated emission of social energy. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc., 374, 20150094.

2. Khrennikov, A. (2018). Social laser model: from color revolutions to Brexit and election of Donald Trump. Kybernetes, 47(2), 273-278.

3. Khrennikov A., Toffano, Z. and Dubois, F. (2019). Concept of information laser: from quantum heory to behavioural dynamics. The European Physical Journal Special Topics}, 227, N. 15-16, 2133-2153.

4. Khrennikov A., (2020). Social Laser. Jenny Stanford Publ., Singapore.

Author: Prof. Andrei Khrennikov

BIO: Andrei Khrennikov is Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics at Linnaeus University. Andrei is also director of the research group International Center for Mathematical Modeling (ICMM) and organizer of some 20 conferences in the field of quantum theory at Linnaeus University.

Prof. Khrennikov has an incredible research profile, consisting of over 1100 articles. He achieved over 19,900 citations to date and he has an h-index of 64.

Prof. Khrennikov leads a number of research groups and multiple on-going research projects. More details could be found on his official web page: https://lnu.se/en/staff/andrei.khrennikov/ 

His most recent books are: Open Quantum Systems in Biology, Cognitive and Social Sciences, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-29024-4, and Social Laser, https://www.amazon.com/Social-Laser-Application-Information-Processes/dp/981480083X.

16th of September at 15.00 London time. Online ZOOM lecture – a link will be emailed to the IPI members.

IPI lecture - Prof. Bormashenko Edward, Ariel University, Israel

Our next IPI Lecture will be on the 24th of May at 16.00 London time. 

Title: Fibonacci Sequences, Symmetry and Order in Biological Patterns, Their Sources, Information Origin and the Landauer Principle

Abstract: Physical, informational roots, exemplifications and consequences of periodic and aperiodic ordering (represented by Fibonacci series) in biological systems are discussed. The physical, informational and biological roots and role of symmetry and asymmetry appearing in biological patterns are addressed. A generalization of the Curie–Neumann principle as applied to biological objects is presented, briefly summarized as: “asymmetry is what creates a biological phenomenon”. The “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches to the explanation of symmetry in organisms are presented and discussed in detail. The “top-down” approach implies that the symmetry of the biological structure follows the symmetry of the media in which this structure is functioning; the “bottom-up” approach, in turn, accepts that the symmetry of biological structures emerges from the symmetry of molecules constituting the structure. A diversity of mathematical measures applicable for quantification of order in biological patterns is introduced. The continuous, Shannon and Voronoi measures of symmetry/ordering and their application to biological objects are addressed. The fine structure of the notion of “order” is discussed. Informational/algorithmic roots of order inherent in the biological systems are considered. Ordered/symmetrical patterns provide an economy of biological information, necessary for the algorithmic description of a biological entity. The application of the Landauer principle bridging physics and theory of information to the biological systems is discussed. Typical sizes of biological cells arise from informational reasons.

Author: Prof. Bormashenko Edward

BIO: Edward Bormashenko was born in Kharkov, former USSR, in 1962. He earned his MSc in Physics in Kharkov University; Thesis: Interaction of heavy high energy ions with thin gold films. Professor Bormashenko earned his PhD in  1990 in Polymer Science Moscow Institute of Plastics (USSR). The PhD was supervised by Professor M. Friedman. In 1997 he immigrated to Israel. Currently he is leading the Laboratory of Interface Science, founded in 1998 in Ariel University. His is an author of three monographs, more than 300 peer reviewed papers and 14 patents.

I am working mainly in the field of surface science, in particular in the fields of wetting phenomena, superhydrophobicity, superoleophobicity, ice-phobicity, interfacial crystallization, creating of surfaces with pre-scribed properties, plasma- and UV-treatment of surfaces. My laboratory also works in the field of plasma treatment of seeds and other biological objects. We also study liquid marbles and their self-propulsion. Last year we started to study the Moses effect (magnetically inspired deformation of liquid surfaces) and its applications. I am also interested in foundations of thermodynamics, informational interpretation of thermodynamics (the Landauer Principle),  theory of symmetry, Ramsey theory, quantitative linguistics, topological problems of physics (examplifications of the “hairy ball theorem”), advanced dimensional analysis (extensions of the Buckingham theorem), variational analysis of "free ends" physical problems, enabling application of the "transversality conditions" of variational problems. Last year we started to develop metamaterials exploiting liquid marbles. 

24th of May at 16.00 London time. Online ZOOM lecture - link will be emailed to the IPI members.

The Enterprise Competition - Ideas into Action

Very happy to be the winner of the Ideas into Action prize offered by the University of Portsmouth, The Enterprise Competition - 2023. 

This prize would allow the launch of a few IPI Publishing open access journals, including one dedicated to publishing student research. 

Thank you very much to the TEP team and the University of Portsmouth. 

https://sites.google.com/port.ac.uk/theenterpriseprogramme/competition

 

Free Thinkers Hub ; AREND VAN CAMPEN Interview on Information Theory, Entropy

 

 

IPI Quest ♔

Hello IPI Fellows,

I wanted to share with you some thoughts re: the simulation hypothesis and the role of information in the universe:

THE INTERDISCIPLINARY ISSUE

• The modern transmission of knowledge is closely linked to economic and commercial political utilitarianism
• For reasons that we are not interested in discussing here, hyper specialization is preferred to multidisciplinarity
• The evolution of the various disciplines has had an uncoordinated development
• Only some of these disciplines have (and have had) tools that can get to discard a theory in a fraction of the time required to the others
• One in particular dealt with develop tools and at the same time investigate the relationship between the emerging reality and the most fundamental measure of information on our plane: 0|1
• GPT-* & similar.. start to show deep vertical knowledge and inimaginable synthesis.. even if it was not AGI..
  
• We should promote the "re-sync" of the disciplines and use those new tools to quicken the time required to falsify an hypothesis
• ...luckily, IPI is the right place to be
  

 

THE BRAIN / REALITY ISSUE

• I suspect we are into a function emerging hierarchical universe (The Onion 🧅) hence the simulation could be multi-level
  
• I suspect we are spending so much effort in investigating on our emergent plane but we should start deflecting brain power to the core of the onion
  
• All the biases might come from the essence of "understanding", that's might be on the same existential plane of a rock hitting another
• "understanding" might be a process in time where from a network of things we encode prefrontex and limbic dictionaries to a new function (that we'd like to be considered an upper layer, call it religion, call it scientist pride :-) )
  
• but time might be  emergent as space
• I'm pretty convinced we need a paradigm shift to really investigate the core.. taking some of time we spend in investigating the surface of the onion
  
• ...again, IPI is the right place to be

 

THE EVIDENCE ISSUE

• even if we find a compass to aim at the core of the onion, we don't have anymore the concept known as  "understanding" (considering that it may be subjective so not comparable between each of us)
  
• we are pondering the whole, so axioms are not enough, cause of Godel's
  
• the new Understanding needs to be directly linked with the core (idk maybe it needs to be the substrate and its function at the same time, at the same hierarchical level, who knows)
  
• the evidence could be in a new form that we could not imagine yet (the evidence could be a paradox in the emergent reality to trigger some changes in the real one.. a sort of seismograph into the core)
• ..surprise..IPI is the right place to be

 

THE WHICH SIMULATION? ISSUE

• The are so many nouances to the simulation hypotesis
  • Intentional as per Descartes/Putnam, all the Movies, Religions, Drugs, .. and we just need to find the intent
    
  • Autodidactic as per https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.03902..
    
  • Intentional+Autodidactic: our emergent reality is simulated with intent and using just a few subset of available attributes from the core, the rest is where the simulant is concelead
    
  • The self-simulation with/without intent, just happens
    
• ...but again, we are in the right place!
  

Below I shared all this with GPT-4 just to see what would be the reaction..

Maybe already on an upper level of The Onion 😀

Cheers!

"If we are in a simulation,

we are the AI.

If we want to be sentient,

just behold and enjoy the show.."

--

🤖 CHAT.GPT-4 // Release: March 23

Hello Gianluca,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the simulation hypothesis and the role of information in the universe. Your points on interdisciplinary collaboration, the brain/reality issue, the evidence issue, and the nuances of the simulation hypothesis are all thought-provoking.

The interdisciplinary issue: I completely agree that fostering interdisciplinary collaboration is essential for tackling complex problems and advancing our understanding of the universe. Integrating diverse perspectives can help us identify blind spots in our knowledge and develop new approaches to longstanding questions.

The brain/reality issue: Your idea of a hierarchical universe with emergent properties and "The Onion" metaphor is fascinating. Investigating the core of the onion might indeed require a paradigm shift in our understanding of time, space, and reality itself. Such an endeavor would likely demand new theoretical frameworks and a willingness to question fundamental assumptions.

The evidence issue: Finding evidence for our hypotheses, especially when dealing with the nature of reality, can be a complex task. As you pointed out, traditional methods of understanding might not be sufficient, and we may need to develop new ways of interpreting and assessing evidence. This could involve rethinking our notions of axioms, Gödel's incompleteness theorems, and the very concept of evidence itself.

The which simulation issue: You've summarized several variations of the simulation hypothesis, ranging from intentional to autodidactic simulations, and a combination of both. Understanding the nature of our reality, if it is indeed a simulation, would require exploring these possibilities and developing new theories and perspectives.

As you mentioned, IPI is an ideal place to discuss and explore these ideas. Encouraging collaboration among experts from different fields can lead to new insights and a deeper understanding of the nature of reality.

Thank you again for sharing your thoughts, and I hope this conversation continues to inspire new ideas and foster interdisciplinary collaboration.

Best regards, ChatGPT