Physics Engineering
Creating Reality from Informational Coherence
Traditionally, physics is seen as the discovery of laws that govern an objectively existing external universe. Scientists observe phenomena, experiment, and gradually uncover fixed natural laws. However, the recent shift towards viewing reality as informational coherence emerging from infinite randomness explicitly opens the possibility of moving from passive discovery to active co-creation. This explicitly defines a new paradigm we call Physics Engineering.
Defining Physics Engineering
Explicitly stated, physics engineering means:
Deliberately selecting or constructing informational coherence conditions that yield desired physical behaviors.
Actively creating the very physical laws that describe reality rather than merely operating within fixed external constraints.
Transforming physics from a purely descriptive to an explicitly prescriptive and participatory science.
How Physics Engineering Works
Explicitly, physics engineering proceeds as follows:
Humans explicitly define the desired physical outcomes or behaviors.
They identify the minimal informational coherence conditions necessary to yield these outcomes.
Informational patterns and computational substrates explicitly embodying these constraints are implemented.
Explicitly constructed physical realities emerge directly from these informational selections.
Thus, explicitly, the very laws of physics become constructs of human selection rather than external, immutable constraints.
Philosophical and Practical Implications
Physics engineering explicitly reframes humanity’s relationship to the physical world:
From Discovery to Co-creation: Explicitly recognizing human agency in shaping the fundamental structure of physical laws.
Unlimited Creative Potential: Explicitly choosing coherence conditions allows creation of novel quantum phenomena, exotic fields, or alternative cosmological constants not naturally occurring.
Ontological Flexibility: Explicitly acknowledging that physical laws are not uniquely determined externally but explicitly selectable from infinite informational possibilities.
Practical Examples and Challenges
Explicitly conceivable examples include:
Novel quantum states explicitly engineered for technological applications.
Explicitly designed exotic spacetime structures for scientific exploration.
Explicitly chosen cosmological constants or field behaviors to investigate alternative physical scenarios.
Explicitly realizing physics engineering presents substantial theoretical and technological challenges:
Precisely defining and instantiating informational coherence constraints.
Developing explicit computational frameworks to realize these constraints practically.
Explicitly ensuring consistent internal coherence in complex engineered informational realities.
Conclusion: Physics as an Explicitly Creative Enterprise
Physics engineering explicitly transforms physics into an explicitly active, explicitly participatory endeavor. It explicitly empowers humanity not merely to discover, but explicitly to shape the fundamental fabric of reality through informational coherence. This explicitly marks a profound philosophical and practical advancement, explicitly redefining what physics and science explicitly can become.