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MENTAL MODEL · M3330

Digital Physics / It from Bit

Digital Physics / It from Bit
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-31

CORE DEFINITION

The essence of the universe is not matter or energy, but information (bits). Every physical particle and every force field is ultimately an answer to a yes/no question. The universe is a giant quantum computer.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Information ontology. It completely overturns the worldview. If the world is information, then 'programming' is the magic that changes reality. This provides a unified framework for understanding virtual reality, the simulation hypothesis, and quantum mechanics.

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Wheeler and others proposed that the physical universe may essentially be an information/computational process (it from bit), and the universe is like a giant computation. It understands physical laws as algorithms.

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