The Obsolescence of Matter: "It from Bit", Occam's Razor, and Reality as a Pure Data Structure

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-17
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22818273
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Complex Systems and Dynamics
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The Obsolescence of Matter: "It from Bit", Occam's Razor, and Reality as a Pure Data Structure

Yaniv Cohen
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Complex Systems and Dynamics
preprint

The Obsolescence of Matter: "It from Bit", Occam's Razor, and Reality as a Pure Data Structure

Yaniv Cohen
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Abstract

Paper 91 does not claim that the full continuum theory, the exact constants of nature, or a complete derivation of the Standard Model have been achieved, and it is not a new experiment. It shows, from the verified benchmark corpus, that (a) the continuum never appears in the data — the substrate's measured geometry is a discrete, fractal, scale-dependent register with a one-edge-per-tick light cone; (b) particles are recurring topological motifs with no identity beyond their pattern, whose every property is computed; (c) mass, forces, laws and constants are readouts of two primitives — a structure and an active local update rule — rather than properties carried by a substance; and therefore (d) by eliminative inference, "material substance" is a zero-residue postulate, and the parsimonious description of the corpus is reality as a pure data structure: *structure plus process, with nothing underneath*.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Complex Systems and Dynamics
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