The storage, transmission, and processing of data become significant problems when large digital data files or databases are involved, as in the case of decentralized online global databases such as blockchain. In this article a novel method is proposed that allows for the scalability of digital assets, including blockchain databases in the download, validation, and confidentiality processes, by developing a lightweight blockchain technology called Entropic Blockchain.
Leading mineralogist Dr. Robert Hazen on the missing law of nature that could explain why life emerges. Credit to: The Well on YouTube: https://bit.ly/welcometothewell
Our next IPI Lecture will be on Saturday, 6th of July at 16.00 London time.
Title: An informational
perspective of life
Abstract: Information
processing is a central feature of life and may be the key to developing bio-signatures
that are capable of detecting life as we do not know it. First, I will describe
how concepts that we generally associate with the field of data science are
strikingly descriptive of the way that life, in general, processes information
about its environment. Second, I will explore how the topologies of atmospheric
chemical reaction networks of Solar System bodies are distinct from one
another, with potential applications to exoplanet bio-signatures. Third, I will
show how a robust method that combines pyrolysis–GC–MS measurements of a wide
variety of terrestrial and extraterrestrial carbonaceous materials with
machine-learning-based classification to achieve ~90% accuracy in the
differentiation between samples of abiotic origins vs. biotic specimens.
Fourth, I will propose a new time-asymmetric law that states that the
functional information of a system will increase over time when subjected to
selection for function(s).
BIO: Dr. Michael L. Wong is an NHFP Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth & Planets Laboratory studying astrobiology and planetary science. In his spare time, he hosts a podcast called Strange New Worlds, which examines science, technology, and culture through the lens of Star Trek.
6th of July at 16.00 London time. Online ZOOM lecture - link will be emailed to the IPI members.
Our next IPI Lecture will be on Saturday, 25th of May at 16.00 London time.
Title: Assembly Theory of Bitstrings
Abstract: Bit is the smallest amount and the quantum of information. We used assembly theory to investigate the assembly pathways of binary strings of length N formed by joining bits present in the assembly pool and the bitstrings that entered the pool as a result of previous joining operations. The bitstring assembly index (the smaller amount of steps required to assembly a bitstring of length N) is bounded from below by the shortest addition chain for N. We conjecture about the form of the upper bound. We define the degree of causation for the minimum assembly index that happened to reveal regularities for certain N that can be used to determine the length of the shortest addition chain for N. We explored the idea of assembling bitstrings by other bitstrings (binputation) and it turned that a bitstring with the smallest assembly index for N can be assembled by a binary program of length equal to this index if the length of this bitstring is expressible as a product of Fibonacci numbers. The results confirm that four Planck areas provide a minimum information capacity that corresponds to a minimum thermodynamic (Bekenstein-Hawking) entropy. Knowing that the problem of determining the assembly index is at least NP-complete, we conjecture that this problem is in fact NP-complete, while the problem of creating the bitstring so that it would have a predetermined largest assembly index is NP-hard. The proof of this conjecture would imply P ≠ NP, since every computable problem and every computable solution can be encoded as a finite bitstring. The lower bound on the bitstring assembly index implies a creative path and an optimization path of the evolution of information, where only the latter is available to Turing machines (artificial intelligence). Furthermore, the upper bound hints at the role of dissipative structures and collective, in particular human, intelligence in this evolution.
Author: Dr. Szymon Łukaszyk
BIO: Szymon Łukaszyk received his M.Eng. degree in the applications of
genetic algorithms in mechanics in 1996 and a D.Eng. degree on the
Łukaszyk-Karmowski metric and its practical applications in 2004 at the Cracow
University of Technology. After completing postgraduate Law on Industrial
Property studies at Jagiellonian University, he heads his own patent attorneys’
office. His research interests include emergent dimensionality, entropic
gravity, assembly theory, quantum mathematics, and mathematical physics.
25th of May at 16.00 London time. Online ZOOM lecture - link will be emailed to the IPI members.
I came upon a video today (April 26, 2024), which was an interview on GBN with Dr. Melvin Vopson, October 22, 2023. As I listened to him explain his discovery, my mind was already comparing functional similarities with what I've already absorbed in my life, and I believe both of our experiences complement each other as they are essentially polar opposites. Functionally speaking, what he explains is applicable to models of expansion and contraction. Without getting deep into detail, think of the “Big Bang” theory.
Everything is made of structures of components, up to the level of primitives which cannot be further decomposed.
Relative to Dr. Marvin's explanation, at the beginning of the universe, or existence itself, all this “information” was compressed in a ball of mass of incomprehensible size. When this ball of mass expanded, everything began to unravel, decreasing in density as things spread out. We can observe this space between things in the cosmos with Astronomy practices, and we have observed the space between things within the human body and anything else we have investigated throughout history. So, in a nutshell, we have discovered that everything is mere components, within components, within components, and so on.
We question everything and search for proofs.
It has become very clear to me, that everything we have learned of the universe and existence, we have applied to our daily lives. Everything from the tech we use every day, to our homes, means of travel, synthetic foods, and even our educational systems. It's all data transference, or as I like to say, “electrical engineering”. I know all of this seem very elementary, but I find truth is in simplicity and it's very easy to get lost in the details of things. However, I feel our quest for “proofs”, is both very exciting and very dangerous as well.
Our curiosity to understand drives us to discover useful things, but in many cases the outcome is applied to create destructive things.
What happened after splitting the first atom, in pursuit of, basically, energy amplification? Wasn't the knowledge gained from this study later used to create the Atom Bomb? Every time we discover something new, others seem to find a way to use that knowledge in some way to ransom control, which eventually results in some form of destruction. In general, the brilliant minds that are discovering these things, are simply driven by the curiosity to understand, not to destroy.
Human evolution is a repetitive cycle of progress and calamities, which causes are forgotten by the post-apocalyptic generations.
Humanity is really not that old in comparison to the universe, and many life forms existed before us. There are more and more archaeological discoveries that are finding human ancestors as old as 800,000 - 1 million years old. Many things we study today were discovered thousands of years before our lifetime. Don't you think it's possible that humans discovered things about the universe, that eventually influenced the means of destruction in their day? We are now discovering technologies that existed long ago that we perceive as “far ahead of their time”. It just seems that we keep repeating the same thing, suggestively, not learning from our past actions.
Maturity is reached through evolution during each life cycle but not transmitted between life cycles. (Pangaea, MU, Gondwana, Atlántida).
It's very clear to me, as actions speak louder than words, that we are nowhere near mature enough to wield the power of understanding the construct of the universe, or how exactly, it functions. If, and when we ever get to that point, we are only going to destroy ourselves. This is very evident today, as we now have biological warfare, improper use of EMF's and God know what else. As they say, “curiosity killed the cat”. But our lives don't have to continue down this path of self-destruction.
The role and purpose of spiritual and religious practices is to control the believers and provide guidelines for ethical behavior, health, social constructs, etc.
How does one become mature? Simple, through the practice of discipline. But which discipline? There are many that we have developed and attempted to preserve within every culture around the world. Many disciplines have been used for power, through means of instilling fear. That's what we do now, use our technologies to win wars. But in war, nobody wins, as there is always death and destruction on all sides. Unfortunately, even spiritual disciplines have been used to gain power as well. Which sadly, creates the opinion in many minds, that spiritual or religious practices were created by man for the sole purpose of control. Many of us see it differently, but there still remains a problem.
God is the all-powerful Universal creator who is referred not only by religions, (Marduk, Brahma, Pan Gu, Allah, God, Yahveh, Manitou, Quetzalcoatl, Odin, Zalmoxis, etc.) but also by the scientific (Primordial atom, Laws of nature, Living energy, Master Algorithm, etc.) community when it fails to explain the causes of some existential fact.
There are many different religions and alternative spiritual practices. And from the beginning, at least what we have discovered so far, there has always been argument of which belief system holds the ultimate truth. Fact of the matter is, they are all true. Besides the fact that definition reshapes as language evolves over time, there are little clues in many religions that suggest the same things. God is everything, God is love, only God can judge, and my favourite, we were all created by one God. But many of us argue about the name or teachings of God. I find the difference of definition comparative to that of botanical differences and similarities. Are there not variations of the same plant species that have simply adapted to different habitats? The way we perceive existence also differs by our cultural habitat.
It's all the same, we are all the same, and everything in existence developed from one source. Does it really matter how we define that source? An automobile is an automobile, whether it's a truck, a race car, or a bus. They are all serving the same purpose, just in different ways, and we are too. We have observed so much in nature, and one of the greatest things we can observe is a perfectly balanced function of self-regeneration called Photosynthesis. This is a perfect model of the natural flow of things, and how different elements work together, ultimately reaching maximum efficiency as one unit.
A bit of chemistry. You can even observe this within molecular structures.
In Chemistry, molecules can only bond with other molecules by equally sacrificing a piece of themselves, basically, working together. Electrons, Protons, and Neutrons are all different and have different roles, and yet, they work with each other to serve a function. I have learned that the role of a Neutron is to influence balance and stability within a mechanism, so I try to live my life like a Neutron. I strive to influence balance within the mechanism of humanity, in hopes that we may reach our maximum potential, “I am Neutron”. I definitely don't have the educational background that compares to the greatest minds of mankind, I only have a GED. But I see a possible way to achieve the “peace and harmony” we are all aching for, and it's only found in simplicity.
You see, it's the difference of detail that separates us. But not just by detail alone, it is the emotional investment, or ego, that we accompany with those details. I haven't studied many religions, but I am in the process. However, in the book of Genesis, it says Adam and Eve were influenced by a serpent (Satan) to eat from the tree that contained the knowledge of difference between good and evil. This clearly sounds like a metaphor. But functionally speaking, what does this mean, “knowledge of difference between good and evil”? Well, for starters, both terms are clearly implemented labels, as those terms have been continuously misused, even today. I think what this metaphor speaks, is that we should not judge difference in itself, because well, look at the destruction difference can cause. After all, God created EVERYTHING, this includes difference.
The Law of nature ensures that everything has a polar opposite (see 11)
Looking into nature again, we can observe that everything seems to have a polar opposite. Well, it is said that we were made in the image of God. Are we a conscious reflection of God? Our reflection is made in our image. Everything that we are capable of, our reflection is capable of as well, because ultimately, our reflection only reflects what we ourselves are capable of. Therefore, we are capable of the divinity that God has.
I mean, metaphorically, we were meant to flourish in the Garden of Eden, with God, but we got kicked out for our consumption of the knowledge of difference. Once you become aware of differences, fear of the unknown sets in as you no longer see things as they truly are, and that is as one whole. So naturally, we preserve what we know in fear of losing what we know. Only what we know is just a small piece of what we are part of. Which brings me to my own metaphor.
Multiverse existence
The whole of existence is like a pane of glass, that the light of life shines through. This pane of glass has been shattered into many, many pieces, and the light of life still shines. We are the many shards of that broken glass; they are all quite different and the light of life shines through us all quite differently. Just as a white light is diffracted into multiple colours when shined through a diamond, we too, perceive and express that same light in a variety of different detail, this is our conscious awareness. Now, I perceive that the greatest pursuit that could EVER exist, is to mend the broken pieces of that pane of glass. How do we do that? By finding the right kind of glue to hold us all together, by extinguishing the fiery judgement of difference. It's all a learning process which expands our consciousness, bit by bit.
When this pane of glass is whole again, our consciousness will be with the divine consciousness of God, as was in the very beginning. It is through the practice of internal discipline ONLY, that we will become mature enough to attain that level of consciousness. Everything we are experiencing this very moment, is processed in our minds. And the way we perceive existence forms our personal perspective, which is ultimately shaped by our life experiences. When we can let go of our personal connections to existence, our collective sensory stimulation, and learn to live like a Neutron, then we can truly begin to connect with the whole of existence. All the information is out there, just like Dr. Melvin is trying to express with his research. By conquering our own minds, we learn how to resonate as a whole with the universe, and we gain access to all that data because we are part of it.
CONT. The Laws of nature ensure that each aspect of existence has an opposite (Yin & Yang, Life & Death, Good & Bad, positive & negative, believer & unbeliever, good & evil, electron & positron, etc.).
The potential our minds have to create, is the polar opposite of the potential of the universe. When we create something, it starts with observation, an awareness of something, which then develops into an idea. The transition between awareness and idea is a process, you can call simulation, in our minds. From that point it's all trial and error as they say. But remember, the potential of the universe is the polar opposite of our potential. Therefore, the expansion and development of the universe IS a simulation. What we call trial and error are still labels no different than good and evil. So by removing the judgement of difference, trial and error simply becomes action and reaction, or as physics calls it, causality.
Primordial information
Now, as processes continually repeat themselves by function, it would be easy to entertain the idea that at the beginning, or “Big Bang”, there was only consciousness itself, call it God. When this “God” became aware itself, it began to simulate ideas to define itself, and what it was exactly, that it had become aware of, just like we do today. And those simulated ideas, expand, evolving into other ideas. Being that we all don't seem to know what the truth is and most of us refuse to sacrifice a piece of ourselves to truly experience existence as one, we create madness as everything existing becomes contradiction through our participation of judgement. Which is the very thing that creates separation. So, this madness is essentially an identity crisis.
Past experience as influences on judgements
As I mentioned earlier, it is our personal experiences, that ultimately form our judgement of existence. Everything we experience is stored in our memory; therefore, our memories influence our conscious development. What really builds our memories, is sensory stimulation, which is accompanied by emotional stimulation. It's the emotional stimulation that influences judgement of our experiences. In order to move forward in life, we must learn to let go of our past judgements, we must let go of the emotions connected to our memories.
I often find myself reliving an experience that someone may ask me to explain. Although I had moved on from those events, I had not fully let go of the emotional connection to them. This is why religion teaches forgiveness. But what if you could let go of ALL sensory and emotional stimulation?
Self-Awareness post fuzzy memories from subconscious
When I experience sleep deprivation and I awake after finally going to sleep, I'm in what I call “the void”. I'm connected to my senses, but not entirely, I'm experiencing sensory deprivation and I always see the same thing, a faint green grid like pattern, or “matrix pattern”. I really have no explanation for this, but it's quite interesting. You can experience different levels of sensory deprivation through other methods such as, fasting, meditation, and even drug or alcohol consumption. Without our sensory perception, we are just consciousness in the dark. There have been studies done, that show when you sit in complete darkness long enough, the mind begins to hallucinate. I gather this occurs in pursuit of defining the moment and space that you are presently in. However, those hallucinations are influenced by our memories and emotional connections to those memories. By training our mind to detach from all sensory and emotional stimulation, we might actually begin to understand the awareness that occurred at the beginning of existence.
Original by:
Nicholas E. Barlas (Neutron)
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
United Staes of America
Revised by:
Mark C. Nicolau
Melbourne, Australia
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
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.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has claimed his Neuralink company has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human.
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
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.
2nd of December at 15.00
London time. Online ZOOM lecture – a link will be emailed to the IPI members.
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".
Posted by Melvin on behalf of Arend.