Space, time and life in quantum-semiotic view
Ilya Surov
The origin of space and time is the deepest question in fundamental physics. This paper addresses it from quantum-theoretic perspective, deriving both concepts from elementary principles. Time appears as a measure for the stream of decision acts, collapsing quantum potentialities of the future to actual reality. Guiding of this construction is identified as fundamental function of life, thus obtaining definition in cybernetic style. This entails specific geometric structure of subjective meaning identical to that of the simplest quantum state, the qubit. Alignment of individual meaning spaces then produces 3-dimensional Euclidean space as biologically fixed format of common sense. The problem of space-time is thereby triangulated with the nature of life, identifying these three concepts as integral sides of the same fundamental phenomenon. The theory opens new prospects for scientific and ethical progress.
CYBERNETICS AND PHYSICS, VOL. 13, NO. 1, 2024, 82–92
https://doi.org/10.35470/2226-4116-2024-13-1-82-92