The idea is not new and many experts have analyzed our universe as if it were a simulation, a kind of the cosmos portrayed by the film Matrix. Only in this case the footprint of this digital universe, The key is in one of the forces that control everything around us.
What would happen yes Gravity will be based on the disposition of the subject in the universe and was a sign that we live in a reality created by a giant computer? That is the question that Melvin Vopson asked, a physicist at the University of Portsmouth.
In a new article published in the Aip Advances magazine, Vopopson offered a new interpretation of gravity, arguing that it could be the result that the universe tries to clear, that is, to reach a result, behaving similar to a computer algorithm.
“This is another example of data compression and computational optimization in our universe, which supports the possibility of a simulated or computational universe“The study points out.
Vopopson’s article is part of a broader movement of scientists trying to explain the forces of nature arguing that they are the result of an integral simulation. At the beginning of the 2000s, the philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed that Our reality is a computer simulation designed by a highly advanced civilizationechoing the plot of Matrix.
But demonstrating the theory is a delicate issue, especially considering that, if we were really trapped in a simulation, Its creators would probably have taken measures to ensure that we could not see what happens after the curtain.
Vopson was based on his own proposition of the “Second Law of Information Dynamics”, which argues that the “entropy of any system remains constant or increases over time”, to argue that gravity attracts matter and objects in space to maintain entropy to a minimum, similar to how a computer system orders and compresses data.
“The findings in this study fit the idea that The universe could function as a giant computer, or that our reality is a simulated construction -The study points out -. Like computers try to save space and function more efficiently, the universe could be doing the same. It is a new way of thinking about gravity, “he added,” not only as an attraction, but as something that happens when the universe tries to stay organized. ”
In his article, Vopson argued that the information stored in elementary cells, defined as the smallest possible volume in the space in quantum mechanics, Determine the coordinates of matter within the simulation, a kind of pixelation of some and zeros.
“The process is identical to how a digital video game would be designed, A virtual reality application or other advanced simulation, ”says the university statement.
Each cell can house more than one particle, similar to a computational system that minimizes the information content.
“In a nutshell, it is much more computationally to track and calculate the location and time of a single object in the space than of numerous objects -argues Vopopson -therefore, therefore, It seems that gravitational attraction is simply another optimization mechanism in a computational process that has the function of compressing the information ”.
Vopson has long been a defender of simulation theory, arguing in 2022 that the genomes of the Covid-19 virus exhibited a decreasing entropy over time, which supports the evidence of your second law of information dynamics.
In another surprising article, he postulated that Information could be a “fifth form of matter”, Demonstrating, once again, that we live in a simulation.
But it is still about to be seen if your research will achieve generalized acceptance and approval beyond the margins of the scientific community. After all, the extraordinary statements require extraordinary evidence, especially when trying to revolutionize reality itself.