Discrete Viscous Time and Critical Information Mass: a critical–propositional analysis in light of the Theory of Objectivity (TO)

This paper develops a critical–propositional reading of Raoul Bianchetti’s contribution Discrete Viscous Time and Critical Information Mass: A New Paradigm for Cosmology, Quantum Mechanics, and Human Consciousness, which proposes (i) a discrete and viscous temporal structure and (ii) a critical mass of information acting as an operator for structural transitions connecting cosmology, quantum foundations, and the emergence of consciousness. The analysis is conducted under the framework of the Theory of Objectivity (TO), a modal–axiomatic ontology grounded in Seven Absolute Truths (axioms claimed to be modally necessary) and in a deductive theorem expressed through a proprietary mathematical language based on graphs and topological relations (Cabannas & Silva). TO is explicitly delimited here as a foundational logical–ontological framework that does not aim to replace modern physical or cosmological models. Rather, its scope is prior and structural: TO proposes itself as a necessary basis of coherence for any model compatible with a possible universe, given the modal necessity of its axioms. In this programmatic horizon, the paper also incorporates TO’s recent agenda of testability and predictability, including AI-assisted assessments of axiomatic consistency and the proposal of operational bridges for phenomenic elements and cosmological eras (Cabannas & Silva). The main analytical contribution of the paper is a disciplined distinction between phenomenological productivity and ontological grounding. Significant convergences between Bianchetti’s paradigm and TO are identified—such as the rejection of absolute time, the active role of informational structures, and consciousness treated as a structural consequence—while a decisive ontological tension is clarified: in the model under analysis, time and information tend to function as operative primitives; within TO, however, no physical, temporal, or informational entity may be ontologically primitive, since any coherent possible universe requires a logical substrate prior to time, space, and matter. On propositional grounds, the paper advances a disciplined translation of Bianchetti’s paradigm: its descriptive strength is preserved as an account of emergent regimes, while its foundational commitments are reclassified under modal discipline, avoiding priority inversion at the ontological level. The paper further articulates operational bridges to contemporary physics via indirect empirical interlocution (e.g., non-locality, gravitational waves, CMB structure, and early-formation challenges highlighted by recent observational programs), not as a single decisive proof, but as a criterion of programmatic consistency. The article is organized into twelve core sections (methodology; reconstruction of the analyzed paradigm; TO foundations; convergences; ontological tension; disciplined translation; inductor effects; operational bridges and testability; dialogue with indirect evidence; implications for cosmology, quantum theory, and consciousness; limitations and future agenda; conclusion). Two appendices (A/B) consolidate conceptual correspondences and a disciplined glossary.