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IT’S FIBONACCI’S BIT - SEEDING THE
UNIVERSE WITH 0 AND 1
Abstract. John Wheeler suggested that information is fundamental to
physics, resulting in the very nature of what we observe. However, any
information that passes beyond an event horizon becomes empirically
lost. What happens to it? Here, I explore the fundamentals of how information is exchanged in reality, how it changes, and any potential for it to
be destroyed. Remarkably the Fibonacci sequence, appearing so often in
nature, is revealed from this voyage, bringing with it possible answers to
Wheeler’s question.
Wheeler’s 0’s and 1’s
John Wheeler suggested that everything we observe in the known Universe
(the it) is less fundamental than the information that produces it (the bit); bit
short for Binary Digit, in turn owing to the Binary code used to store information in computing. I ask could the Universe have a base 2 system with 0 and
1 at its foundation.
Wheeler was also known for popularising the term ‘Black Hole’, which is a
great place for Quantum Gravity to emerge and information to hide. I suggest
in this essay that the foundations for reality begin with emergence of 0 and
1 dimensionality at a singularity resulting in the Universe we live in and in
which information is processed.
ICY SCIENCE | QTR 1 2014