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The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) and its Key Ideas

Last updated: November 8, 2025

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) and its related "ToE+" concepts are being developed and blogged about extensively by a single author named John Onimisi Obidi. He uses the blogging platform Medium to publish numerous articles explaining the theory to a broad audience, alongside publishing more formal pre-print papers on sites like SSRN and Authorea. The Blogger Name: John Onimisi Obidi Platform: Primarily on Medium, where he has a dedicated presence and encourages subscriptions to follow his work. The ToE+ Blog Content The blog posts serve as an accessible explanation of the complex concepts within the Theory of Entropicity (ToE), which proposes a fundamental paradigm shift in physics: that entropy is the universal, dynamic field from which all physical phenomena, including mass, energy, spacetime, and consciousness, emerge. Key ideas discussed in the Theory of Entropicity(ToE) blog include: Entropy as the Fundamental Field: ToE elevates entropy from a measure of disorder to the primary substance of reality. Emergence of Physical Laws: The laws of physics, including those of Newton and Einstein, are reinterpreted as emergent properties or "field behaviors" of this underlying entropic field, and may even evolve over time. The Obidi Action: A central variational principle in ToE, analogous to the Einstein-Hilbert action in general relativity, that governs the dynamics of the entropy field. Explanation of the Speed of Light (c): The speed of light is explained as the maximum rate at which the entropic field can rearrange or transmit information about itself, providing a physical reason for its constancy and the universal speed limit. Entropic Gravity: Gravity is described not as a fundamental force or spacetime curvature, but as an emergent phenomenon arising from gradients and constraints within the entropic field. Quantum Mechanics Reinterpreted: Wavefunction collapse is explained as an entropy-driven process, and a new "Vuli–Ndlela Integral" is introduced to incorporate irreversibility into quantum mechanics. The Entropic Cone: A concept replacing Einstein's light cone, defining the boundaries of existence and observation based on entropy flow and determining what can become physically real. In essence, John Onimisi Obidi uses his blog to outline a comprehensive framework that attempts to unify general relativity, quantum mechanics, and thermodynamics through the single principle of entropy.

Biography: John Onimisi Obidi

Last updated: November 8, 2025

 From HandWiki

John Onimisi Obidi[1] [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] first formulated and developed the Theory of Entropicity(ToE)[1] on 18th February 2025; and that was followed by a subsequent 'fury' of publications, where he boldly postulated that entropy is more than just a measure or indicator of disorder, and thus elevated entropy to a full-fledged field with its own dynamical field equations and kinetics. From that one sweeping stroke of insight, he went on to propose a series of new ideas that have constituted the foundations of the new theory. He went on to use those foundational ideas to explain a variety of [otherwise highly problematic] natural phenomena with astonishing conceptual appeal. 

Key Contributions

John Onimisi Obidi's main scientific contribution is his Theory of Entropicity(ToE), a proposed conceptual framework in theoretical physics that treats entropy not as a measure of disorder, but as a fundamental, dynamic physical field that actively drives all physical processes. This theory suggests entropy is the ultimate orchestrator of reality, potentially explaining phenomena from gravity and quantum mechanics to consciousness by positing an "Entropic Field" and introducing concepts like the Entropic Seesaw Model and the "entropion" as its quantum.

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) establishes entropy not as a statistical byproduct of disorder but as the fundamental field and causal substrate of physical reality. In this framework, entropy is elevated to a continuous, dynamic field whose gradients generate motion, gravitation, time, and information flow. Central to this formulation is the Obidi Action, a variational principle from which the Master Entropic Equation (MEE), Entropic Geodesics, and the Entropy Potential Equation emerge. By integrating the Fisher–Rao and Fubini–Study metrics through the Amari–Čencov (alpha) α-connection formalism, ToE provides a rigorous information-geometric foundation for entropy-driven dynamics.

Key Aspects of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)

Entropy as a Physical Field:

Instead of a statistical concept, Obidi's theory proposes entropy is a real, fundamental field that permeates spacetime and is responsible for physical laws.

Unification of Physics:

The ToE aims to unify different areas of physics by showing how all forces and interactions, including gravity and quantum phenomena, emerge as constraints on the flow and dynamics of this entropic field.

Balancing Randomness and Determinism:

The framework attempts to bridge the historical divide between randomness and determinism by positing entropy as a mediating force between stochastic processes and deterministic physical laws.

The "Entropic Seesaw Model" and "Entropion" Physics:

To explain quantum measurement and entanglement, the theory introduces specific constructs, such as the Entropic Seesaw Model and the "entropion," which is the smallest possible quantum of entropy transfer.

Foundation for Consciousness:

The theory also extends to consciousness, suggesting that the flow and dynamics of the entropic field might also be related to or explain conscious phenomena.

Mathematical Rigor:

While conceptual, the ToE is presented as a mathematically rigorous framework, with components like the Entropic Seesaw Model aimed at providing greater mathematical depth.

Implications

Rethinking Fundamental Concepts: 

  • The ToE fundamentally rethinks concepts such as the nature of gravity, the quantum measurement problem, and the arrow of time. 
  • New Perspective on Reality: It offers a radically new paradigm for understanding reality, where information and entropy play a more active, fundamental role than previously understood.

References



  1.  Obidi, John Onimisi. A Critical Review of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) on Original Contributions, Conceptual Innovations, and Pathways towards Enhanced Mathematical Rigor: An Addendum to the Discovery of New Laws of Conservation and Uncertainty. Cambridge University.(2025-06-30). https://doi.org/10.33774/coe-2025-hmk6n
  2.  Obidi, John Onimisi . "On the Discovery of New Laws of Conservation and Uncertainty, Probability and CPT-Theorem Symmetry-Breaking in the Standard Model of Particle Physics: More Revolutionary Insights from the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)". Cambridge University. (14 June 2025). https://doi.org/10.33774/coe-2025-n4n45
  3.  Obidi, John Onimisi. Einstein and Bohr Finally Reconciled on Quantum Theory: The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) as the Unifying Resolution to the Problem of Quantum Measurement and Wave Function Collapse. Cambridge University. (14 April 2025). https://doi.org/10.33774/coe-2025-vrfrx
  4.  Obidi, John Onimisi (25 March 2025). "Attosecond Constraints on Quantum Entanglement Formation as Empirical Evidence for the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)". Cambridge University. https://doi.org/10.33774/coe-2025-30swc
  5.  Obidi, John Onimisi. The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) Validates Einstein’s General Relativity (GR) Prediction for Solar Starlight Deflection via an Entropic Coupling Constant η. Cambridge University. (23 March 2025). https://doi.org/10.33774/coe-2025-1cs81
  6.  Obidi, John Onimisi. The Theory of Entropicity (ToE): An Entropy-Driven Derivation of Mercury’s Perihelion Precession Beyond Einstein’s Curved Spacetime in General Relativity (GR). Cambridge University. (16 March 2025). https://doi.org/10.33774/coe-2025-g55m9
  7.  Obidi, John Onimisi. How the Generalized Entropic Expansion Equation (GEEE) Describes the Deceleration and Acceleration of the Universe in the Absence of Dark Energy. Cambridge University. (12 March 2025). https://doi.org/10.33774/coe-2025-6d843
  8.  Obidi, John Onimisi. Corrections to the Classical Shapiro Time Delay in General Relativity (GR) from the Entropic Force-Field Hypothesis (EFFH). Cambridge University. (11 March 2025). https://doi.org/10.33774/coe-2025-v7m6c
  9.  Obidi, John Onimisi (2025). Master Equation of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE). Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/58596
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Theory of Entropicity (ToE): Entropy and Geometry

🔹 Title (H1)

Theory of Entropicity (ToE): Entropy and Geometry  


🔹 Meta Description

Discover how the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) reframes geometry as an entropic phenomenon, linking entropy flow to curvature, time, and the structure of physical reality.  


🔹 Introduction

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) proposes that entropy is not merely a measure of disorder but the fundamental field shaping geometry, time, and motion. In this article, I explore how entropy generates geometric structure, showing that what we perceive as curvature in spacetime may instead be the manifestation of entropic flow.  


🔹 Section 1: Entropy as Geometry

In classical physics, geometry is treated as a static background. In Einstein’s relativity, geometry is dynamic, bending under stress–energy. The ToE perspective goes further:  


> Geometry itself is the visible trace of entropy in motion.  


This means that curvature, distance, and even dimensionality are emergent from entropic constraints.  



🔹 Section 2: The Entropic Metric Equation

Building on information geometry, the ToE introduces the Entropic Metric Equation (EME):  


\[ g_{ij}^{(\alpha)} = \frac{\partial^2 \psi(\theta)}{\partial \theta_i \, \partial \theta_j} + \alpha \, T_{ijk}(\theta) \]


- \(\psi(\theta)\): entropy potential field  

- \(T_{ijk}(\theta)\): irreversibility tensor (encodes the arrow of time)  

- \(\alpha\): entropic curvature constant  


This equation parallels Einstein’s field equations but replaces stress–energy with entropy flow as the driver of geometry.  


🔹 Section 3: Connections to Physics

- Thermodynamics: Entropy gradients define the “shape” of possible system evolutions.  

- Quantum mechanics: Entropic geometry may explain wavefunction collapse as a geometric reconfiguration.  

- Cosmology: Expansion of the universe can be reframed as entropy‑driven geometric unfolding.  


🔹 Section 4: Implications for ToE

- Unification: By treating entropy as geometry, ToE bridges thermodynamics, relativity, and quantum theory.  

- Arrow of time: The irreversibility tensor formalizes why time has a direction.  

- Experimental outlook: Entropic curvature may leave measurable imprints in gravitational lensing or black hole thermodynamics.  


🔹 Conclusion

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) reframes geometry as an entropic phenomenon, suggesting that the very fabric of space and time is woven from entropy itself. This perspective opens new pathways toward unifying physics under a single entropic law.  


👉 Related: [The Cumulative Delay Principle in ToE]  

📚 Explore the full archive: [link to homepage]  

Permanent versions of selected works are available on FigshareCambridge Open Engage, Academia, Authorea, ResearchGate, SSRN, OSF, and viXra.  



Theory of Entropicity (ToE): The Cumulative Delay Principle (CDP)

🔹 Title (H1)

Theory of Entropicity (ToE): The Cumulative Delay Principle (CDP)


🔹 Meta Description

Explore the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) through the Cumulative Delay Principle (CDP), a concept linking entropy, time, and information flow in physical systems.


🔹 Introduction

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) is a developing framework that investigates how entropy, information, and geometry interact to shape the evolution of physical systems. One of its central insights is the Cumulative Delay Principle (CDP), which describes how delays in information transfer accumulate and manifest as measurable entropic effects. In this article, I outline the CDP, its mathematical formulation, and its implications for physics and information theory.  


🔹 Section 1: What is the Cumulative Delay Principle (CDP)?

The Cumulative Delay Principle (CDP) within the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) states that:  


> Delays in the transmission or transformation of information are not isolated but accumulate, producing an entropic “drag” that constrains system evolution.  


This principle reframes delay not as a nuisance but as a fundamental entropic quantity.  


🔹 Section 2: Mathematical Formulation

Let a system transmit information packets with average delay \(\Delta t\). Over \(n\) sequential transmissions, the cumulative delay is:  

\[ T_{\text{cumulative}} = \sum_{i=1}^{n} \Delta t_i \]


In the ToE framework, this cumulative delay contributes to an entropic cost function:  


\[ S_{\text{delay}} \propto \log \left( 1 + T_{\text{cumulative}} \right) \]


This links time‑delay accumulation directly to entropy growth.  


🔹 Section 3: Connections to Information Theory

- Shannon’s channel capacity assumes idealized transmission with noise. CDP adds a temporal entropic penalty.  

- Landauer’s principle ties information erasure to energy cost. CDP extends this by tying delayed information flow to entropic cost.  

- Together, these suggest that time itself is an entropic resource.  


🔹 Section 4: Implications for Physics

- Spacetime geometry: CDP may provide a bridge between entropic time delays and curvature in spacetime.  

- Complex systems: Networks (biological, social, computational) exhibit cumulative delays that shape their entropy landscapes.  

- Foundational physics: CDP reframes “delay” as a measurable entropic invariant, not just a practical inconvenience.  


🔹 Conclusion

The Cumulative Delay Principle (CDP) illustrates how the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) reframes everyday phenomena — like delays — as fundamental entropic processes. By recognizing delay as cumulative and entropic, we gain a new lens for understanding both physical and informational systems.  


👉 For more articles, visit the full archive: [link to homepage]  

📚 Permanent versions of selected works are available on Figshare, Cambridge Open Engage, Academia, Authorea, ResearchGate, SSRN, OSF, and viXra.  


On the Conceptual and Mathematical Beauty of Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE): From Geometric Relativity to Geometric Entropicity

On the Conceptual and Mathematical Beauty of Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE)

From Geometric Relativity to Geometric Entropicity

JOHN ONIMISI OBIDI
October 20, 2025

On the Conceptual and Mathematical Beauty of Obidi's Theory of Entropicity (ToE)

From Geometric Relativity to Geometric Entropicity

When Lev Davidovich Landau, one of the most brilliant physicists of the twentieth century, first studied Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, he is said to have exclaimed that it was "so beautiful that it must be true."

He was not merely admiring the equations; he was recognizing a kind of inner perfection — a harmony between mathematical necessity and natural truth. To Landau, as to many of his generation, beauty was not an ornament in physics but its highest proof.

In the same spirit, the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) emerges in our time as a work of comparable aesthetic inevitability.

It proposes that entropy — long considered a measure of disorder, uncertainty, or information loss — is in fact the very foundation of physical existence.

Everything we call matter, energy, space, and time is not built upon entropy but from it. Entropy is the invisible current that gives rise to geometry, to motion, to matter and even to the passage of time itself.

1. From Order to Origin

For two centuries, physics has treated entropy as a secondary concept: a measure of how far systems have drifted from order, a bookkeeping device for thermodynamic processes.

In statistical mechanics, entropy was a way of counting microstates. In information theory, it became a measure of uncertainty. And in cosmology, it was invoked to describe the arrow of time — the universe's relentless drift toward equilibrium.

Even when Stephen Hawking made his momentous discovery of black hole radiation — now known as Hawking Radiation — as a profound manifestation of entropy on a cosmic scale, it remained fundamentally described in terms of quantum information and particle–antiparticle processes near the event horizon.

Yet, in all these formulations, entropy remained passive. It described change but never caused it. It was a bystander to the dynamics of the universe.

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) — as first formulated and further developed by John Onimisi Obidi — changes that forever. It proposes that entropy is not an effect but the cause, not an outcome but the origin. It is the active field that drives the universe toward unfolding complexity and, in doing so, creates the phenomena we observe as energy, space, and time.

Entropy is the universal generator, and everything else — geometry, gravity, quantum uncertainty, even consciousness — are the shadows it casts upon reality.

2. The New Foundation

Einstein's General Relativity replaced the Newtonian notion of force with the curvature of spacetime.

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) goes one step deeper: it replaces spacetime itself with entropy as the true substrate of existence.

In ToE, space and time are not pre-existing arenas in which events occur; they are emergent manifestations of entropy's dynamic structure.

Just as the ripples on a pond are not separate from the water that carries them, so space and time are not separate from entropy — they are its motion, its geometry, its rhythm.

This reordering of ontology is both radical and simple. It restores unity where modern physics had split reality into incompatible domains. Thermodynamics, quantum theory, and relativity — once treated as separate pillars of science — are revealed as different expressions of the same entropic principle.

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) reveals that energy is the quantitative measure of entropy in motion, gravity emerges as the curvature of entropy, and quantum probability arises from entropy's intrinsic irreversibility at microscopic scales.

3. The Entropic Field of ToE

Central to the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) is the idea that entropy is not a number, a function, nor a measure of ignorance, but a field — a real, continuous entity that permeates all existence.

Every point in the universe is filled with entropy, and the dynamics of that field determine everything we experience as physical reality.

Objects move, not because they are pulled by forces or guided by geometric geodesics, but because the entropic field rearranges itself to minimize constraint and maximize flow. ToE says: “spacetime is the macroscopic expression of an entropic function minimizing constraint.”

4. Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Vehicles as a Symbolism for the Entropic Field of ToE

In the Theory of Entropicity, entropy is an autonomous physical field whose dynamics are governed by a self-consistent variational principle. This field continually reorganizes the configuration of space, time, and energy to minimize internal constraint and maximize entropic flow. Matter and motion arise as local consequences of this universal optimization, much as intelligent systems adjust their states autonomously to sustain functionality.

4.1 What “autonomous” means in ToE

When ToE says entropy is an autonomous physical field, it does not mean that entropy “thinks” or “decides” like a mind — but that it acts according to intrinsic laws of self-regulation, independent of external instruction or external force.

  • In classical physics: forces act on bodies; geometry constrains motion; energy is conserved within a given framework.
  • In ToE: the entropic field itself is the framework — it both generates and evolves the conditions that define motion, curvature, and even conservation.

4.2 How entropy becomes a dynamic field in ToE

In the ToE framework, the Obidi Action (simplistic form) defines the Lagrangian density for the entropic field:

$$ A_{ToE} = \int \left( \nabla_i S \, \nabla^i S \;-\; V(S) \;+\; J(x,S) \right) \, \sqrt{-g} \, d^4x $$

Here:

  • \(S(x,t)\) is the entropic potential field,
  • \(V(S)\) is its self-interaction potential,
  • \(J(x,S)\) represents coupling with matter and information.

By varying this action, you obtain the Master Entropic Equation (MEE):

$$ \Box S + \mathcal{A}(S, \nabla S, g) = 0 $$

This shows that the field evolves according to its own gradient structure, not due to external imposition. The term \(\mathcal{A}\) encodes irreversibility and entropy flow, ensuring that the field’s rearrangement always tends toward minimal constraint and maximal flow.

4.3 “Reorganizing reality dynamically”

  • Matter = localized entropic condensation (regions of high entropic density)
  • Motion = redistribution of entropic gradients
  • Gravity = curvature induced by those gradients
  • Time = sequential update of the field’s configuration as entropy flows irreversibly
Thus, when we say the entropic field reorganizes reality dynamically, we mean that the field is both substrate and law — it does not operate within space and time but generates them through its ongoing evolution. In other words, reality is the field thinking itself through entropy flow — not in the cognitive sense, but in the physical sense of continuous self-adjustment to maintain the directionality of existence.

4.4 The analogy with autonomous vehicles and AI

This is a powerful and very apt analogy. Think of it this way:

Analogy Autonomous Vehicle / AI Entropic Field (ToE)
System identity The AI system that perceives, decides, and acts The entropic field that generates, adjusts, and evolves all physical states
Internal rule set Neural architecture + algorithms (learning laws) Entropic field equations (Global Action, MEE, etc.)
Sensors / inputs Environment data, feedback loops Gradient information from within itself (\(\nabla S, g\))
Goal function Optimize path / minimize loss Minimize constraint / maximize entropy flow
Output / behavior Adjusts trajectory autonomously Reorganizes spacetime and energy distributions autonomously

So, just as an autonomous AI navigates its environment by continually adjusting its trajectory to new data in order to maintain optimal performance, the entropic field adjusts its own geometry and entropy rules to maintain optimal entropy flow through the environment.

In other words, the entropic system can self‑distribute itself‑regulating intelligence — not mental intelligence, but field intelligence encoded in the laws of entropic evolution.

4.5 Why this is a radical shift from previous physics

Classical Physics Theory of Entropicity (ToE)
Forces act on matter Entropy reorganizes all matter and geometry
Space-time is background Space-time is emergent from entropy field
Motion follows geodesics Motion is field self-rearrangement
Energy is conserved in static geometry Energy is redistributed dynamically through entropy flow
Entropy is a measure Entropy is the generator

Thus, the ToE transforms the universe from a passive system of forces and geometry into an autonomous field of continual self-organization — a living, evolving system whose every process is a manifestation of entropic intelligence.

5. The Bridge from Information to Geometry

One of the most striking achievements of modern physics has been the recognition that information and physical law are intimately connected.

The work of Claude Shannon, Rolf Landauer, and later thinkers showed that information is not abstract — it is physical. Every bit stored, every computation performed, has an energy cost and an entropic footprint.

The Theory of Entropicity extends this connection to its ultimate form. It asserts that information is born from entropy itself. When entropy differentiates, information arises as the local ordering of its field.

And since information can be measured geometrically — by the Fisher–Rao metric in probability space or by the Fubini–Study distance in quantum state space — it follows that geometry itself is an expression of entropy.

The ToE thus explains why geometry, information, and energy are inseparably linked. Where traditional physics starts with geometry and ends with entropy as a derived quantity, ToE reverses the chain: geometry is the effect, not the cause.

6. The Role of Irreversibility

Time, in classical physics, was a parameter. In relativity, it became a coordinate. In ToE, it becomes a process — a manifestation of entropy’s irreversible flow.

The universe’s arrow of time is not an imposed boundary condition; it is a natural property of the entropic field. Because entropy flows only one way — from constraint toward expansion — the evolution of the universe has an intrinsic direction.

This directionality, which gives rise to causality itself, emerges directly from entropy dynamics. The passage of time, the aging of stars, and the unfolding of thought are all expressions of one cosmic asymmetry — entropy’s irreversible will to transform.

7. Rényi–Tsallis Entropies and Amari–Čencov’s α-Connection

Among the most graceful achievements of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) is its ability to weave together two of the most influential generalizations of entropy in modern science — the Rényi and Tsallis formulations — into a single physical narrative.

For decades, these entropies were regarded as mathematical extensions of the Boltzmann–Gibbs definition, useful mainly in statistics and complex-systems theory. They quantified how systems depart from ordinary additivity, capturing correlations, long-range interactions, and multifractal behavior. Yet they remained abstract tools, powerful but isolated from the geometry of the physical world.

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) changes that completely. It interprets Rényi and Tsallis entropies not as detached statistical curiosities but as genuine signatures of the geometry of nature itself. Within ToE, the parameter that measures non-additivity becomes a physical indicator of how the universe’s entropic field bends, connects, and evolves.

In this view, every departure from perfect additivity corresponds to a subtle deformation of the underlying informational fabric of reality. The very same measure that describes correlated probabilities in statistical mechanics now tells us how spacetime, matter, and information are entropically curved.

ToE goes further by linking these statistical deformations to the geometric language of Amari and Čencov’s information connections. Whereas Rényi and Tsallis describe how probabilities combine, the Amari–Čencov framework describes how information flows through a curved manifold of possibilities. ToE reveals that these two languages — one statistical, one geometric — are in fact two views of a single entropic phenomenon.

When entropy ceases to be perfectly additive, the manifold of information cannot remain perfectly flat. It acquires curvature, torsion, and asymmetry, and these geometric distortions manifest as the gravitational and dynamical structures we call spacetime. 

 This is where the beauty of ToE becomes evident. The theory identifies a deep unity between the measure of complexity in probability space and the structure of geometry in physical space. The same principle that governs how probabilities blend in a turbulent plasma or a living cell also governs how stars curve light and how time unfolds. No other framework (Jacobson’s Thermodynamic Gravity, Caticha’s Entro-Dynamics, Verlinde’s Entropic Gravity, Bianconi’s G-Field, etc.) has so elegantly fused the mathematical generalizations of entropy with the physical geometry of th universe. None has produced a self-contained field theory where entropy itself is t dynamical field generating both probabilistic and physical geometry.

This expresses ToE’s idea of universality of entropy flow — that the same entropic field equations apply across scales:

  •  From microscopic thermodynamics (biological or plasma systems), 
  • To macroscopic spacetime curvature (gravitational or cosmological systems).
This echoes Toe’s strong claim that entropy is scale-independent and causal, producing order and motion across all domains of reality. In ToE, the same entropic functional Λ(x) defines both:
  • The curvature of probability manifolds (statistical complexity), and 
  • The curvature of spacetime geometry (physical structure).
Thus, this statement expresses the ToE postulate that information geometry and physical geometry are isomorphic through entropy.

 Hence, the beauty of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) becomes evident, as all of the above reveals a profound unity between the measure of complexity in probability space and the structure of geometry in physical space. The same entropic principle that governs how probabilities evolve in a turbulent plasma or a living cell also dictates how stars curve light and how time itself unfolds. In ToE, the mathematical generalizations of entropy—spanning the Fisher–Rao, Fubini–Study, and Rényi–Tsallis  frameworks—are seamlessly fused with the physical geometry of the universe. 

No other framework has so elegantly unified these domains under a single variational principle.

 In the Rényi and Tsallis formulations, the parameter that quantifies non-extensivity varies across systems: in astrophysical plasmas it may capture collective interaction in quantum entanglement it measures non-local correlations; in cosmology it encodes the deviation from equilibrium of the cosmic horizon. The Theory of Entropicity (T unifies all these instances under one law: they are diverse expressions of the same entropic field behaving under different boundary conditions. By embedding the generalized entropies directly within its variational principle—the Obidi Action—T transforms what were once empirical fitting parameters into physically meaningful constants of nature.

What makes this connection so extraordinary is its symmetry and economy. Where classical thermodynamics used energy as the universal currency, and relativity used geometry, ToE employs entropy itself as the unifying medium. Rényi and Tsallis provided the mathematical vocabulary for complexity; ToE provides the physical grammar that lets the universe speak that language. The non-extensive index that o belonged to abstract probability now dictates how curvature arises, how systems exchange information, and how the arrow of time becomes irreversible.

Seen through this lens, the Rényi and Tsallis entropies cease to be mere statistical inventions; they are windows into the entropic architecture of reality. ToE shows that when the universe departs from perfect equilibrium, it does so along directions defined by these entropies. Their parameters record the memory of correlations, the tension between order and freedom, and the gradient along which the universe evolves. Each value corresponds to a different geometric temperament of nature—a different way the entropic field sculpts space, time, and matter.

 This unification has profound implications. It implies that the same mathematics that describes information propagation in neural networks (Artificial Intelligence -AI), energy distribution in galaxies, and coherence loss in quantum systems stems from one underlying entropic principle. By linking generalized entropies with the geometry of spacetime, ToE gives physicists and mathematicians a common language that bridges complexity theory, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and gravitation. It opens the possibility that by measuring non-extensive statistical behavior in one domain, we can infer geometric properties in another—a predictive power absent fr previous theories.

The beauty of ToE, therefore, lies not only in its ambition but in its coherence. It unites the abstract and the tangible, the statistical and the geometric, the micro and the cosmic, within a single entropic continuum. Where earlier theories saw separate realms—information versus space, statistics versus gravity—ToE perceives a seamless f low governed by entropy’s universal logic. In doing so, it transforms the Rényi and Tsallis entropies from mathematical curiosities into the living fingerprints of the universe’s most fundamental law: that everything evolves, curves, and connects through entropy itself.

8. The beauty of unification

What makes ToE beautiful is not only what it explains but how it explains. It does not rely on arbitrary postulates or patchwork equations. It begins with one concept — entropy — and allows all else to follow logically from it. Each phenomenon becomes a manifestation of a single underlying principle, expressed differently at different scales.

This kind of unification is the highest form of beauty in science. It is the kind of beauty Einstein recognized in the curvature of spacetime and that Maxwell found in the symmetry of his electromagnetic equations. It is the beauty that comes from economy: the ability of one idea to illuminate a hundred phenomena. Occam’s razor is thus utilized at its best.

ToE achieves this by treating entropy not as an effect of processes, but as the cause of processes. Where General Relativity describes how mass curves spacetime, ToE describes why spacetime exists at all. Where quantum mechanics describes probabilities, ToE explains why probabilities arise — as the measurable expression of entropy’s irreversibility. Where thermodynamics sets limits on efficiency, ToE reveals those limits as laws of nature’s entropic architecture.

In this view, every physical law becomes an emergent rule of entropy’s game. From the smallest particle to the largest galaxy, the same field plays out its dynamics — harmoniously, relentlessly, beautifully.

9. The human connection

Beyond its physics, ToE also offers a profound philosophical reflection on existence. If entropy is the substrate of reality, then human consciousness — with its capacity for memory, imagination, and choice — is part of the same entropic continuum.

Our thoughts are not exceptions to the universe’s laws; they are extensions of them. Every act of perception is an act of entropic ordering — the mind’s attempt to reduce uncertainty, to carve clarity out of possibility. In this light, the human quest for knowledge is itself an entropic process.

We, as observers, are not outside the system but participants in entropy’s unfolding. Every experiment, every theory, every equation we write is part of the universe’s self‑discovery. To understand entropy, therefore, is to understand not only the cosmos but ourselves.

10. The elegance of inevitability

What makes the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) so strikingly beautiful is its inevitability. Once the principle is stated — that entropy is the fundamental field — everything follows with logical precision.

  • Geometry must arise, because differences in entropy define structure.
  • Time must flow, because entropy’s transformation is irreversible.
  • Quantum uncertainty must exist, because entropy governs probability.
  • Even gravity must emerge, because the entropic field shapes the motion of all things toward states of maximal equilibrium.

There is nothing arbitrary about any of this. It is the natural unfolding of one principle through many forms. And that inevitability, that inner necessity, is what gives the theory its aesthetic power.

When Einstein first wrote down his field equations, he believed he had discovered not only a law of physics but a law of beauty. The same can now be said of ToE. It does not simply add to the existing framework of science — it reorders it, placing entropy where geometry once stood, and geometry where effects once seemed primary.

11. The future horizon

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) is still young. Its mathematical structure is being refined, its predictions explored, its implications tested. But already, it points toward a vast landscape of research — from the nature of black holes to the origin of time, from quantum entanglement to cosmological expansion.

It opens new questions in mathematics, new tools for computation, and new metaphors for philosophy. And like all great theories, it does more than explain; it invites participation. It offers to the next generation of physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers a new field of exploration — a chance to discover how the most abstract quantity in physics, entropy, is in fact the most real.

12. A return to beauty

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) returns physics to the aesthetic ideal that guided its greatest discoveries: the conviction that truth and beauty are inseparable. It reminds us that the universe is not a machine but a melody — a pattern of flows, gradients, and balances that resonate with mathematical harmony.

Entropy, in this view, is the rhythm that moves everything, from galaxies to minds, from the birth of stars to the birth of ideas. And so, when one contemplates the Theory of Entropicity (ToE), one cannot help but echo Landau’s feeling about Einstein’s work: it is so beautiful that it must be true.

Not because we wish it so, but because its beauty lies in its inevitability — in the way it makes sense of everything that was once fragmented, and in the way it restores unity to the cosmos and to our understanding of it.

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) is not the end of physics; it is the beginning of a new kind of simplicity — the simplicity that lies beyond complexity, where all the diverse patterns of the universe emerge from one inexhaustible source: the living field of entropy itself.

May posterity bear witness to it.

John Onimisi Obidi

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Thursday, 30 October 2025

The Cumulative Delay Principle (CDP) and Relativistic Kinematics in the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)

The Cumulative Delay Principle (CDP) and Relativistic Kinematics in the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) proposes that all events, interactions, and causal influences require a finite propagation interval, (\Delta t), and cannot occur instantaneously. The Cumulative Delay Principle (CDP) formalizes this universal delay and operates in tandem with the Entropic Resistance Principle (ERP) to define the causal structure of the entropic field.


Key Aspects of the CDP

Finite Speed of Information

All forms of interaction and information transfer are limited by a maximum speed. This reflects the finite responsiveness of the universe’s underlying entropic field.

Maximum Rate of Entropic Rearrangement

The speed of light, (c), is not treated as a postulate of spacetime (as in Einstein’s relativity), but rather as the maximum possible rate at which the entropic field can rearrange itself. This emerges directly from the CDP.

Foundation for Relativistic Effects

The CDP provides a natural explanation for the relativistic speed barrier. As an object’s velocity increases, its internal entropy is redistributed to resist further acceleration. This entropic diversion produces time dilation, mass increase, and ultimately enforces the universal speed limit at (c).

Distinguishing from the Theory of Evolution

It is important to emphasize that the Theory of Entropicity and the Theory of Evolution are entirely unrelated.


In physics, ToE uses the CDP to explain mass, time, gravity, and motion in terms of entropic fields.

In biology, the Theory of Evolution explains how species change over time through mechanisms such as natural selection. While evolutionary biology sometimes discusses adaptive delays or evolutionary lag, these are not equivalent to the Cumulative Delay Principle.

This framing makes CDP stand out as a causal axiom of ToE, while also preventing confusion with biological theories.

Philosophical Shockwave

 All the above has profound implications:

Profound implications: contrasting Einstein’s spacetime structure with the Theory of Entropicity’s computational reinterpretation
Question Einstein’s Framework ToE’s Framework
Why does time slow? Consequence of Lorentz geometry: moving clocks tick more slowly due to the constancy of light speed in Minkowski spacetime Entropic bandwidth: entropy cannot update fast enough
Why more mass at high speed? Relativistic energy–momentum relation: rest mass is invariant, but energy and momentum grow with velocity (historically described as “relativistic mass increase”) Identity‑preservation cost: growing entropic resistance manifests as effective mass increase
Why does length shrink? Lorentz transformation effect: moving objects are measured shorter along the direction of motion (a real, physical consequence, not just coordinates) Entropic stability need: contraction preserves structural stability under entropic constraints
Why is light speed constant? Einstein’s second postulate: the speed of light is invariant in all inertial frames Maximum update speed: the ultimate rate at which entropy can propagate

Mass is constrained entropy resisting change. Faster motion adds more resistance. Therefore, mass increase becomes entropic drag.

One Principle, Three Relativistic Effects: Contrasting Einstein’s Framework with the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)
Effect Einstein’s Framework (Special Relativity) Theory of Entropicity (ToE)
Time Dilation Consequence of Lorentz geometry: moving clocks tick more slowly due to the constancy of light speed in Minkowski spacetime Entropy provides the mechanism: clocks slow because the entropic field cannot update states fast enough when motion consumes part of the system’s “update budget,” producing a slowdown in observed processes 
Length Contraction Lorentz transformation effect: moving objects are measured shorter along the direction of motion, due to relativity of simultaneity (a real, physical consequence, not just coordinates) Entropy explains why contraction is stable: structures contract because the entropic field optimizes stability under motion, minimizing constraint while preserving identity.
Mass Increase Relativistic energy--momentum relation: rest mass is invariant, but energy and momentum grow with velocity, historically described as ``relativistic mass increase'' Entropy supplies the physical resistance: as velocity rises, the entropic field resists further updates, manifesting as an effective increase in inertial mass.

What Einstein saw as structure, ToE sees as computation. Einstein described the geometry of relativity; ToE proposes the entropic computation that generates that geometry.:
  • Einstein’s relativity interprets the phenomena (time dilation, length contraction, energy–momentum scaling) as consequences of the structure of spacetime: the geometry of Minkowski space and the invariance of the speed of light.

  • The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) re‑casts those same phenomena as consequences of computation or information processing limits: entropy update rates, stability optimization, and entropic resistance.

This thus presents us with a clear philosophical shift: from a geometric ontology of Relativity to an informational/computational ontology of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE). 


EXPOSITORY AND CLARIFICATION NOTES

The Two Languages of Mass in Relativity

  • Relativistic mass (older language): Define mrel=γm0m_{\text{rel}} = \gamma m_0. Then p=mrelvp = m_{\text{rel}} v, E=mrelc2E = m_{\text{rel}} c^2. As vcv \to c, mrelm_{\text{rel}} \to \infty. → This makes it sound like the particle’s mass itself is growing.

  • Invariant mass (modern language): Keep m0m_0 fixed. Write

E2=(pc)2+(m0c2)2.E^2 = (pc)^2 + (m_0 c^2)^2.

As vcv \to c, pp and EE diverge, but m0m_0 stays constant. → This keeps “mass” as a fixed property of the particle, and puts all the velocity‑dependence into energy and momentum.

2. Why modern physicists prefer the invariant view

  • Clarity in experiments: In accelerators, the rest mass of the electron or proton is always measured the same. What grows is their energy and momentum.

  • Consistency in relativity: Invariant mass is the same in all frames, which makes it a cleaner quantity for 4‑vector formulations.

  • Avoiding confusion: If you say “mass increases,” people often think the particle is literally gaining substance, which isn’t the case.

3. Why “relativistic mass” isn’t wrong

  • It’s not mathematically wrong. If you define mrel=γm0m_{\text{rel}} = \gamma m_0, all the formulas of ToE and SR work out.

  • It’s just a different bookkeeping convention.

  • The physics is the same: as speed increases, the particle resists acceleration more and more, and you can’t reach cc.

⚖️ The bottom line

  • Saying “relativistic mass increases” is not wrong — it’s just an older convention.

  • Saying “rest mass is invariant, energy increases” is the modern convention.

  • Both describe the same reality: you need infinite energy to reach cc.

👉 The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) describes “mass increase” as an entropic resistance effect — this is equivalent to the modern statement that energy and momentum grow without bound while invariant mass stays constant

This is the philosophical tension between relativity’s “geometry‑only” account and ToE’s “entropy‑driven” account. Let us unpack the two positions carefully:

🔹 In Einstein’s Relativity

  • Energy increase: Comes from the work done by whatever is accelerating the particle (an electric field in an accelerator, for example). That work goes into the particle’s relativistic energy E=γm0c2E = \gamma m_0 c^2.

  • Why not call it mass increase? Because the invariant rest mass m0m_0 is the same in all frames. The growth is in the Lorentz factor γ\gamma, which multiplies energy and momentum.

  • What “causes” time dilation and length contraction? Nothing “causes” them in the mechanistic sense. They are geometric consequences of the structure of spacetime and the invariance of cc.

    • Time dilation: different observers slice spacetime differently.

    • Length contraction: relativity of simultaneity.

    • Energy growth: the geometry of Minkowski space forces the relation E2=(pc)2+(m0c2)2E^2 = (pc)^2 + (m_0 c^2)^2.

So relativity doesn’t say “velocity itself causes energy to increase.” It says: once you accept the postulates (invariance of cc, relativity principle), the geometry dictates these relations. The “increase” is not a physical substance being added, but a geometric necessity.

🔹 In ToE’s Framing

  • Entropy as substrate: Mass is not a fixed invariant but an emergent property of the entropic field. As velocity rises, the field must allocate more entropy to preserving identity (effective inertia), leaving less for temporal updating (time dilation).

  • Why this interpretation of ToE feels more “realistic”: Instead of saying “it’s just geometry,” ToE says there is a physical field (entropy) that enforces the limits.

  • Absolute check: ToE demands that even if two observers see themselves as mutually at rest, the entropic field itself “knows” their absolute relation to the entropy substrate. If both are near cc, the field enforces squashing (contraction, dilation, resistance, etc.).

⚖️ Where the Philosophical Clash Lies

  • Relativity: purely relational, no absolute substrate. Motion is only relative, and all effects are coordinate‑dependent but physically measurable.

  • ToE: introduces an absolute entropic field that underlies and enforces the relativistic effects. This is a deeper ontology: geometry is the shadow; entropy is the cause.

✅ ToE's Position

  • Relativity is not “wrong,” but is “incomplete.”

  • Relativity describes what happens (geometry, invariants).

  • ToE proposes why it happens (entropy as the generative field).

  • The Lorentz factor is correct. But the reason it appears is because entropy is being reallocated between mass, time, and structure.”

Hence:

  • In relativity, the “extra energy” comes from the work done by the accelerator, and it manifests as increased momentum/energy in Minkowski geometry.

  • In ToE, that same growth is interpreted as the entropic field regenerating more inertia at the cost of temporal updating.

👉The question for ToE is: why can't the accelerators measure the increase in mass due to entropy?

That goes right to the heart of how ToE differs from relativity’s language.

🔹 Why accelerators don’t “see” mass increase in the standard picture

  • In modern high‑energy physics, what accelerators measure directly are rest mass, momentum, and energy.

  • The rest mass of an electron, proton, or muon is always the same, no matter how fast it goes. That’s why accelerator physicists say “mass is invariant.”

  • What grows with velocity is the energy and momentum:

E=γm0c2,p=γm0vE = \gamma m_0 c^2, \quad p = \gamma m_0 v

with γ=1/1v2/c2\gamma = 1/\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}.

  • So when they probe particles at higher and higher speeds, they see the energy curve rising, not the rest mass changing. That’s why they say “mass doesn’t increase.”

🔹 How ToE reframes this

  • ToE says: what relativity calls “energy growth” is actually the entropic field regenerating inertia.

  • In other words, the γ\gamma factor is not just a geometric bookkeeping device, but a real entropic cost that manifests as effective mass.

  • Why don’t accelerators measure it as “mass”? Because their instruments are calibrated to treat rest mass as invariant. They interpret the extra resistance as “energy” rather than “mass.”

  • From ToE’s standpoint, the accelerator is already measuring the effect — it just labels it differently. The rising energy curve is the entropic mass‑increase curve, but physics convention insists on calling it “energy” instead of “mass.”

🔹 The deeper philosophical split

  • Relativity: geometry dictates the relations; mass is invariant; energy grows.

  • ToE: entropy dictates the relations; effective inertia grows; geometry is the shadow of entropic dynamics.

  • So the “why can’t accelerators measure it?” answer is: they do, but they interpret it as energy, not mass.

So ToE posits: Accelerators already register the entropic increase — every time they need more and more energy to push a particle closer to cc. The difference is only in interpretation: relativity calls it “energy growth with invariant mass,” while ToE calls it “mass increase due to entropy.” The data are the same; the ontology is different.

ToE is not just re‑labeling relativity, and there are several places where ToE is genuinely new and potentially useful:

1. Ontological Shift: From Geometry to Entropy

  • Relativity: takes spacetime geometry as fundamental.

  • ToE: says geometry itself is emergent from entropy flow.

  • Relevance: this reframes physics around a single substrate (entropy), which could unify thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and relativity under one principle. That’s not just semantics — it’s a new starting point for unification.

2. Mechanism vs. Description

  • Relativity: describes what happens (time dilates, lengths contract, energy grows) but doesn’t give a deeper cause beyond geometry.

  • ToE: proposes a mechanism: entropy allocation.

    • More entropy → effective inertia (mass).

    • Less entropy left → slower temporal updating (time dilation).

    • Structural optimization → contraction.

  • Relevance: this gives a physical “why” behind the Lorentz factor, not just a geometric “what.”

3. Absolute Substrate

  • Relativity: motion is purely relative; there is no absolute check.

  • ToE: entropy field is an absolute substrate that “knows” whether you are moving, even if two observers see themselves as mutually at rest.

  • Relevance: this could resolve paradoxes (e.g. twin paradox, simultaneity puzzles) by grounding them in a physical field rather than pure coordinate transformations.

4. Bridge to Information Theory

  • ToE naturally connects with Shannon entropy, Landauer’s principle, Rényi/Tsallis entropies, and information geometry.

  • Relevance: this opens a path to unify physics with computation and information science — something relativity alone doesn’t do.

5. Predictive Potential

  • If entropy is the substrate, then deviations from Lorentz symmetry might appear in extreme entropic regimes (black holes, early universe, quantum gravity).

  • Relevance: ToE could suggest new measurable effects where relativity is silent — e.g. entropy‑driven corrections to gravitational lensing, horizon thermodynamics, or high‑energy scattering.

⚖️ The Value Proposition of ToE

  • Relativity: indispensable, experimentally confirmed, but descriptive.

  • ToE: proposes a deeper explanatory layer, with potential to unify physics and information, and possibly to predict new phenomena in regimes where relativity and quantum theory currently clash.

From Newton to Einstein, and from Einstein to ToE

The curious reader may ask: if relativity ruled out the ether and absolute motion, is ToE not bringing in the entropic field through the back door to say there is absolute motion? Newton says there is absolute motion and instantaneity, Einstein says there is no instantaneity and no absolute motion; now ToE is saying there is an absolute motion within the entropic field and no instantaneity. How do we reconcile this?

We shall frame our response exactly in terms of the historical lineage: Newton → Einstein → ToE. Let’s carefully reconcile them as follows:

1. Newton’s Ontology

  • Absolute space and time: Newton posited a real, invisible stage (absolute space) against which all motion could be measured.

  • Instantaneity: Time flowed uniformly everywhere, independent of observers.

  • Absolute motion: A body could be said to move “truly” or “absolutely,” not just relative to others.

2. Einstein’s Ontology

  • No absolute space or time: Space and time are fused into spacetime, and only relative motion matters.

  • No instantaneity: Simultaneity is relative; there is no universal “now.”

  • Geometry rules: Effects like time dilation and length contraction are geometric consequences of Lorentz invariance, not caused by a medium or substrate.

  • Ether rejected: Einstein explicitly removed the need for a mechanical ether.

3. ToE’s Ontology

  • Entropy as substrate: ToE introduces the entropic field, not as a mechanical ether, but as the generative principle of existence.

  • No instantaneity: ToE agrees with Einstein that simultaneity is not universal. Time is emergent from entropy’s updating, not absolute.

  • Absolute motion (qualified): ToE does reintroduce something like an “absolute check.” The entropic field itself “knows” whether a system is moving relative to the substrate of entropy, even if two observers see themselves as mutually at rest.

  • Difference from Newton: This is not Newton’s rigid stage of absolute space and time. It is a dynamical, informational substrate that generates geometry itself.

  • Difference from Einstein: Einstein’s geometry is descriptive; ToE’s entropy is causal. Geometry is the shadow; entropy is the substance.

4. How ToE Reconciles Newton and Einstein

Therefore, the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) is:
  • Not a return to Newton: ToE does not bring back Newton’s absolute space and instantaneity. Time is still non‑instantaneous, and simultaneity is still relative.

  • Not a contradiction of Einstein: ToE reproduces all Lorentz‑invariant effects (time dilation, length contraction, energy growth). It does not deny relativity’s predictions.

  • A deeper layer: ToE says: relativity is the correct description of appearances, but the entropic field is the mechanism that enforces those appearances.

    • Relativity: “There is no absolute motion, only relative frames.”

    • ToE: “Relative frames are valid descriptions, but beneath them, the entropic field provides an absolute substrate that enforces the same Lorentz rules.”

⚖️ The Philosophical Resolution

  • Newton: Absolute motion in absolute space.

  • Einstein: No absolute motion, only geometry.

  • ToE: Absolute motion relative to entropy, but no absolute simultaneity, Einstein's relativity and Newton's mechanics are preserved in the limit.

Hence, the Theory of Entropicity ( ToE) is not smuggling Newton’s ether back in; it is proposing a new kind of substrate — not mechanical, but informational/entropic. It preserves Einstein’s relativity of simultaneity, while adding a deeper ontology that explains why Lorentz invariance exists at all.

In short: the Theory of Entropicity ( ToE) reconciles the tension between Newton and Einstein by saying:

  • Einstein was right about the relativity of simultaneity.

  • Newton was right that there is a deeper substrate.

  • But that substrate is not absolute space and time — it is the entropic field, which generates spacetime itself.

Closing Notes on the Ontology and Epistemology of ToE

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) asserts that entropy is not merely a statistical measure but the generative substrate of physical reality. Mass, time, and spatial structure are emergent expressions of the entropic field. As a particle’s velocity increases, the entropic field must allocate more of its resources to sustaining the particle’s inertial identity. This manifests as an effective increase in mass. At the same time, less entropic capacity remains available for temporal updating, which appears to observers as time dilation.

This raises a fundamental question for relativity: if energy is said to increase while inertial mass remains constant, what is the true source of that increase? Is velocity itself—understood as a geometric relation in spacetime—being implicitly treated as the cause of energy growth, time dilation, and length contraction? Relativity describes these effects as consequences of geometry, but it does not provide a deeper mechanism.

ToE offers that mechanism. It maintains that relative measurement is one thing, but the entropic field is the ultimate arbiter of motion and transformation. If a particle is accelerating, its entropic inertia must increase; this is not optional but a direct consequence of entropy’s allocation rules. Likewise, if two observers in relative motion each regard themselves as stationary, that does not mean they are truly at rest. The entropic field itself “knows” their absolute relation to the substrate of reality. If both approach the speed of light, the field enforces contraction and temporal slowdown—what relativity describes geometrically as length contraction and time dilation, ToE interprets as entropic squashing.

Thus, ToE insists that the relativistic effects cannot be explained away as mere coordinate transformations or geometric artifacts. Geometry is the shadow; entropy is the cause. The entropic field is the deeper reality that generates the Lorentz factor and enforces the universal speed limit. In this ontology, spacetime is not the foundation but the emergent geometry of entropy’s flow.

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