Just a thought

If time is really quantized then each quantum of time marks of another clock cycle in the existence of totality. This would make the universe is the ultimate data sphere. A near infinite parallel computer wired by the laws of physics (no room for theories in this case). Much of how the universe works will be beyond our capability forever – the unsolvable - the domain of gods and deities. But we should be able to at least understand what is solvable.

Physicists suspect many physical dimensions beyond the customary four that make up the reality we experience. And physics is starting to resemble information theory more and more (maybe it is the other way around). This link is not a coincidence. It is just inherent in the way things are. If the universe is just data processing then the tools of computer science must be a subset of the universal clock work.

Imagine the universe frozen at one of these quantum clicks. Each data point or q-bit pending the outcome of its internal process dependant on the previous state. At each click its sends and receives its data packet to every other bit in the universe. Some interactions working at the speed of light others instantaneously (maybe).

I believe the derivation of Schrödinger’s equation from information theory would be an interesting exercise. I am also guessing that Einstein’s famous equations could be slotted into this frame work. I have no idea how to do this but perhaps along the way a new understanding would emerge. Imagine physics rewrote in terms of state space equations.

The numbers of dimensions (mathematical not physical) that need to be considered is mind boggling. But the big payoff is that you should be able to derive the continuos function equations for all physical interactions through well understood transforms. There would be no fudge factors, no neatly overlooked infinites just the pure structure of all time space.

A question that arrises even before delving into the math is how many properties and associated interactions can a single unit of space time have? Would a single unit be capable of only holding a single property and rule of interaction? Say a photon with it’s associated dimensions and how those properties affect the adjoining units of space time? Is a unit of space time in the core of a sun as simple (or complex) to understand as a unit in deep intergalactic space?

What of the 3 physical dimensions attributed to matter (as well as all those pesky quatum states)? Suppose that the dimensional values attributed to the various entities that physicists are concerned with, that have been so carefully measured, are merely a function of the amount of space time required to carry the number of units of space time required to define all the properties and interactions that a particular particle, atom or elephant have.

I like to think about gravity a lot. It is interesting and widely distributed. Mass and energy are related and so are mass and gravity. Some things don’t seem to have a gravitational field but have energy. This would seems a contradiction. Neutrinos (I can remember the exact flavour) interact so weakly with our universe that they can pass through our world with no apparent interaction.

I am guessing that if something has energy it has mass and gravity, no exceptions only errors in our measurements. I wonder if you could express gravity in terms of information flow. The more information to be transferred between entities then the greater the gravity.

I guess the only problem is scale. Knowing what a volume of plank space is doing in plank time is fairly trivial. To do anything useful the entities to be calculated are absurd in there number. Perhaps some one will work it out one day…..