Is Bit It? On the Theme of Wheeler's It From Bit

TL;DR

This paper reexamines Wheeler's 'It from Bit' hypothesis, suggesting that the universe may originate from quantum entanglement rather than classical information, challenging traditional views on the role of information in physical reality.

Contribution

It introduces a perspective that the universe's emergence is linked to quantum entanglement, not classical bits, offering a novel interpretation of Wheeler's hypothesis from a quantum physics standpoint.

Findings

Quantum entanglement may underpin the universe's origin.

Classical information sharing is insufficient to explain the universe's emergence.

Reevaluation of Wheeler's 'It from Bit' in light of quantum non-locality.

Abstract

In his famous 1989 It from Bit essay, John Wheeler contends that the stuff of the physical universe, or it, arises from information or bits, encoded in yes or no answers. Wheeler's question and assumptions are reexamined from a post Aspect experiment perspective. Information is examined and discussed in terms of classical information and quantum entanglement, or non local state sharing. An argument is made that the universe may arise from or together with quantum entanglement but not via classical yes and no information sharing.