Produced by: Manoj Kumar
Could everything we know be part of a sophisticated simulation? Scientists are exploring if our universe is a vast virtual construct governed by hidden data and algorithms.
A growing field of information physics suggests reality is composed of fundamental data bits, reshaping how we understand the cosmos.
The universe seems to prefer order. Natural symmetries, like snowflakes and DNA, may result from reducing excess information, much like computers compress waste data.
Physicist Melvin Vopson theorizes that this hidden data could be the mysterious dark matter, which forms a third of the universe’s mass.
Vopson’s second law of infodynamics posits that information systems decrease chaos over time, hinting at a governing mechanism behind the universe.
Symmetry’s prevalence, from molecular structures to galaxies, aligns with Vopson’s findings, supporting the theory of information-driven reality.
Vopson’s proposed experiment involves particle-antiparticle collisions to detect the “information DNA” in elementary particles.
A crowdfunding campaign for the experiment fell short, but existing tools might still bring the test to fruition.
If confirmed, this research could introduce a “fifth state of matter” and redefine the very foundation of physics.