Layers of Information (musings) (Evolution)

by David Turell , Friday, December 19, 2014, 15:36 (3410 days ago) @ David Turell

Using the concept that information underlies everything derives quantum mechanics in a new paper:-https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/how-quantum-mechanics-derives-from-a-revolutionary-new-theory-of-information-4487489dbb34-" Masane and co go on to show that combining the mathematical formulations of these ideas leads directly to quantum mechanics. Indeed, they show that the only theory that obeys them all is quantum mechanics.-"That's interesting work with profound implications. It gives physicists a set of physically realistic and acceptable ideas on which the theory is based. Chief among these is the idea that information and computation somehow form the bedrock of reality, an idea that has been knocking around in physics for some time now without anybody nailing it.-"The problem with information as a fundamental unit is that physicists have never been sure how to think about information. That's partly because we are surrounded by seemingly different types of information. There are the 0s and 1s of digital code, information in the form of entropy or as the opposite of randomness, genetic information and even the stuff we use for thought and communication."