My Beliefs About the Nature of Our Universe

I believe that a step-level improvement in our understanding of the fundamental elements of the universe will come about as a result of the combination of quantum physics and information systems theory.

Speculation and investigation about the nature of our universe is at least as old as recorded history. Early philosophers theorized that the most fundamental element in the universe was water. Later, as scientific knowledge began to mature, our view of the universe became more complex, and for many years there was a widely accepted belief that the four primary elements in our universe were earth, air, water, and fire. Later investigations have centered on chemical elements, then molecular structure, atomic elements, electrons, quarks, and so on.

More recently, the advent of quantum physics and the concepts comprising quantum mechanics have resulted in speculation by some of the world's foremost thinkers that the most fundamental building block of the perceivable universe is none of these. It is in fact information. I believe that view explains a number of previously unexplainable problems, and aligns nicely with the biblical assertion that God "spoke" the world into existence (Genesis).

If the reader would like to know more about my theories around this subject, see my article on The Quantum Universe (pdf).