Reality - an emerging representation of the world
| dc.creator | Green, Martin A. | |
| dc.date | 2008-12-02 | |
| dc.date | 2009-03-11 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:50:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:50:45Z | |
| dc.description | Some unique source -- the world, W -- must underlie all the information realized in the universe throughout time. Perceived reality, R, is a progressively emerging representation of W in the form of the geometrical universe. Time corresponds to the process of emergence. When first represented in R, information about W is expressed in a non-localized, quantum manner. As the emergence proceeds, most information becomes inaccessible (entropy), supporting the robust, redundant encoding of accessible records. The past is encoded in and inferred from present records; the anticipated future will preserve present information and reveal unpredictable new information about W. Emergence of the future demands non-unitary reduction of quantum states and increased Kolmogorov complexity of the quasi-classical records in terms of which the quantum states are known. Given the limited information content of records, the quasi-classical universe lacks fine details; whereas the future must be uncertain to admit new information. | |
| dc.description | 10 pages. Submitted to FQXi essay contest on The Nature of Time. v2: Corrected typo | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0418 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0418 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/222780 | |
| dc.subject | General Physics | |
| dc.title | Reality - an emerging representation of the world | |
| dc.type | text |