As diffuse as it is going to start, as precise may it become within the process. This new series, let me call it IME, deals with one particular structure that keeps following me: the symmetry of Information, Matter, and Energy. I will start to elaborate on that.
With “symmetry”, I mean something like equivalence, a “distinction without a difference” (cf. Wilczek), the same coin or elephant from different sides.
The idea of equivalence of Matter and Energy is at the core of both contemporary mainstream directions in physics, quantum mechanics (in the form of the wave/particle dualism or de Broglie’s E=h*nu) and relativity (in the very form of Einstein’s E=m*c^2). The idea of adding the dimension of Information to this equivalence first encountered me in the form of the prediction of Information’s mass by Vopson (just in 2019, estimating 2.5 × 10^-22 g for a TB in non-relativistic terms). Maletto’s physical description of classical and quantum Information in physical terms employing the power of counterfactuals is just another beautiful approach for what is basically known to a variety of spiritual theories around the globe for ages. And even though I love the physical description (interestingly, what both, Vopson’s and Maletto’s approach, have in common is the non-relativity of their descriptions, and with information, entropy becomes a different role – let’s catch up on that later), let me rather dwell about the implications of the IME symmetry.
Winter is still heavy for me. The cold darkness impairs me a lot. I am lucky enough to have access to a warm place, but indoor spaces are not the same anymore, since I started spending most of my time outside. My coping mechanisms include infrared therapy, a lot of sleep, a lot of weed, and mostly patience. Meditation helps, as well.
On my quest to relief, I visited another healing practitioner just yesterday. I took an interesting idea with me. I will have to talk about spectra and dimensions at some point, but for now, let’s just accept and keep in mind the weird hypothesis that all distinctions happen in our minds only, so all their purpose is to help us navigating.
Let us start with the idea of two sides of the self, the body and the mind. Of course they are the same thing, but let’s accept that blurred line for a second. Let’s start with the body – if we look closely, we can draw another blurred line between intuition and physis. Another blurred line can be drawn between emotion and cognition in the mind. Hence, instead of a dipole (body&mind), we can describe the human self even as a quadrupole (physis&intuition&emotion&cognition) – I wonder what the corresponding octapole looks like.
Let’s meditate on that. How well can you navigate your attention through these spaces? In any case, I like to see it as an Energy problem. That also helps explaining winter’s effect.