Collapse of the Ontological Gradient
Collapse of the Ontological Gradient

Summary/Abstract: Because an unmeasured quantum system consists of information — neither tangible existence nor its complete absence — no property can be assigned a definite value, only a range of likely values should it be measured. The instantaneous transition from information to matter establishes a gradient between being and not-being. A quantum system enters a determinate state in a particular moment(being) until this moment is past (not-being), at which point the system resumes its default state as an evolving superposition of potential values of properties, neither strictly being nor not-being. Like a“self-organized” chemical system that derives energy from breaking down environmental gradients,a quantum system derives information from breaking down the ontological gradient. An organism is a body in the context of energy and a mind in the context of information

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