This article explores the intriguing idea that the laws of physics, specifically gravity, might be manifestations of computations performed by a fundamental substrate. The authors delve into the possibility of a universe where information processing is central to understanding gravity and other physical phenomena.
As the author succinctly states, “gravitational attraction is just another optimization mechanism in a computational process that plays a role in reducing the computational power and compressing information.”
The article discusses a phenomenon known as the "Dynamic Quantum Cheshire Cat Effect", which is a type of quantum effect that allows physical properties to be separated from the objects to which they belong. The authors show that this effect can be generalized to dynamical settings, where the property that is separated from the particle can propagate in space and lead to a flux of conserved quantity.