Self-Referential Noise as a Fundamental Aspect of Reality

TL;DR

This paper proposes that intrinsic randomness from self-referential noise is fundamental to the universe's structure, leading to a 3D process-space as a dissipative structure from a non-geometric model.

Contribution

It introduces the concept that self-referential noise explains the emergence of a three-dimensional process-space in a closed system.

Findings

Self-referential noise induces intrinsic randomness.

A 3D process-space can emerge from non-geometric models.

The universe may be modeled as a dissipative structure driven by self-referential noise.

Abstract

Noise is often used in the study of open systems, such as in classical Brownian motion and in Quantum Dynamics, to model the influence of the environment. However generalising results from G\"{o}del and Chaitin in mathematics suggests that systems that are sufficiently rich that self-referencing is possible contain intrinsic randomness. We argue that this is relevant to modelling the universe, even though it is by definition a closed system. We show how a three-dimensional process-space may arise, as a Prigogine dissipative structure, from a non-geometric order-disorder model driven by, what is termed, self-referential noise.