Abstract
Using the second law of information dynamics and the mass–energy–information equivalence principle, we show that gravitational attraction manifests as a requirement to reduce the information entropy of matter objects in space. This is another example of data compression and computational optimization in our universe, which supports the possibility of a simulated or computational universe. Here, we derive Newton’s gravitational force from information dynamics and show that gravity emerges as an entropic information force governed by the second law of infodynamics. This is fully aligned with Verlinde’s entropic gravity studies published in 2011 but is demonstrated here via a different approach.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 045035 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | AIP Advances |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Apr 2025 |
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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Keywords
- Gravitation
- Newtonian mechanics
- Data compression
- Information and communication theory
- Information theory
- Entropy
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Could gravity be evidence that the universe is a computer simulation? My new study suggests why this might be so
Vopson, M., 13 May 2025, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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On the second law of infodynamics from cosmological thermodynamics
Vopson, M., 10 Jan 2025, In: IPI Letters. 3, 1, p. N6-N9 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Response to Sabine Hossenfelder’s Commentary on Vopson’s Paper: Is gravity evidence of a computational universe?
Vopson, M., 30 May 2025, In: IPI Letters. 3, 3, p. N1-N5 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Vopson, M., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other
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The second law of infodynamics and its implications for the simulated universe hypothesis
Vopson, M., 6 Oct 2023, In: AIP Advances. 13, 10, 15 p., 105308.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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University of Wrocław
Vopson, M. (Visiting researcher)
10 Oct 2025 → 14 Oct 2025Activity: Visiting an external organisation types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Scientist suggests gravity further supports theory we are living in a simulated universe
28/04/25 → 29/04/25
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