It seems to me that the possibility is being dismissed as unscientific or philosophic. I sustain that there are probability-based indications, such as the Simulation Argument by Nick Bostrom (link below) in addition to many indications of observable evidence in QM and Special Relativity (SR), Cosmology, etc., to mention a few, that point to the possibility in question. Indications such as:

  • Non-locality. This is an indication of abstraction layers (hidden variables, according to Bohm).
  • Discreteness. Computational conditions such as integer or fixed-point arithmetic. Construction by signal processing techniques.
  • Quantum numbers. Indication of some form of integer indexing structures such as computational loops.
  • Boundary limits. The constancy of the speed of light, an indication of bandlimited transformations. Absolute zero as a boundary condition.
  • Scale constants. Numerical values that define the subnuclear, nuclear, atomic, molecular and stellar scopes, which are indicative of computational classes. These I believe to be the only true fundamental constants, besides the “orthogonality” ratio τ=2π (the circumference of a circle to its radius ratio). The speed of light (the space to time ratio) is closely related to these constants.
  • Infinite structural malleability, such as length contraction in SR.
  • Orthogonality. As in SR and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Orthogonality is indicative of the utilization of orthogonal functions, as in some form of signal processing construction (Nyquist-Shannon Sampling Theorem).

The above is obviously not an exhaustive list; consider it food for thought, but an intimate relationship between information theory and the structure of our reality is becoming very obvious and a few physicists (as early as Heisenberg) have made statements or hinted to that effect. However, those statements are very general and don’t give us any guidance as to where or if we should search for that relationship. I have my conjectures on the subject, which have lead me to the postulation of an immaterial ontology. You are welcome to download my papers from my profile page at RG, but I certainly would love to read your answers to the question, in favor or against. Please do not omit any references to related research, including your own.

Pre-thanks for your kind answers, Bernardo.

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