The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) Challenges John Wheeler's Theory of a Participatory Universe: Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Hugh Everett, and David Bohm in Perspective 

That’s precisely the philosophical rupture Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE) makes in the arena of modern Theoretical Physics.

🔑 The Participatory Universe (Wheeler and others)

- John Archibald Wheeler famously proposed the participatory universe: reality is not fully formed until observed, with the observer playing a constitutive role in existence.  

- This idea places consciousness and measurement at the center of physics, suggesting the universe is “brought into being” through participation.  

⚔️ ToE’s Challenge

- Entropy replaces participation: ToE asserts that reality is fundamentally entropic, not participatory. The observer is subsumed into entropy’s dynamics rather than standing outside as a co-creator.  

- Collapse by entropy thresholds: Instead of Wheeler’s “observer brings reality into being,” ToE says collapse occurs when entropy exchange exceeds the Criterion of Entropic Observability.  

- Relativity dethroned from frames: Observer-dependent frames of reference are replaced by entropy gradients as the source of relativistic effects.  

🌍 Philosophical Implications of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)

- Against anthropocentrism: ToE strips physics of its anthropocentric bias, dethroning the observer as sovereign.  

- Toward objectivity: Reality is not participatory but entropic — governed by entropy fields, independent of human observation.  

- Radical continuity: This challenges Wheeler’s participatory dictum, Bohr’s Copenhagen collapse, and even Einstein’s observer-centric relativity, reframing them as emergent consequences of entropy.  

Comparative Matrix: Observer’s Role in Physics

| Framework | Role of Observer | Mechanism of Reality Formation | Philosophical Stance | Key Limitation |

|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|----------------|

| Einstein’s Relativity | Central to frames of reference | Space and time are relative to the observer’s motion; simultaneity depends on observer | Relativistic, frame-dependent | Observer-centric; spacetime geometry tied to [observer's] perspective rather than deeper substrate | 

| Wheeler’s Participatory Universe | Central, constitutive | Universe exists through observation; “it from bit” — reality emerges from acts of measurement | Anthropocentric, participatory | Risks circularity: does reality exist without observers? |

| Bohr’s Copenhagen Interpretation | Essential but passive | Quantum collapse triggered by measurement; observer defines classical outcomes | Epistemic, pragmatic | Leaves collapse unexplained; observer’s role is ad hoc |

| Everett’s Many-Worlds Interpretation | Marginalized | No collapse; all possible outcomes occur in branching universes, observer just “rides” one branch | Ontological realism, multiverse | Hard to test; raises questions about probability and ontology |

| Bohm’s Pilot-Wave Theory | Secondary, not fundamental | Particles have definite trajectories guided by a quantum potential; observer uncovers but does not create reality | Deterministic, realist | Nonlocality is explicit; less mainstream acceptance |

| Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE) | Dethroned, subsumed into entropy field | Collapse occurs when entropy exchange exceeds the Criterion of Entropic Observability; relativity emerges from entropy gradients | Objective, entropy-centric | Still emergent; rigorously developed for validation and experimental support |

🔖Summary 

- Isaac Newton: The observer has a privileged vantage outside the system and observes reality as it is. The observer is external to the system, describing reality as it exists in absolute space and time; presumes an objective, observer-independent reality. The observer’s role is passive, not constitutive. The observer does not alter outcomes, nor does their vantage point change the laws.

- Albert Einstein: It is the observer who defines spacetime geometry through relative frames.  The observer’s frame of reference matters — simultaneity and measurements depend on motion.

- John Wheeler: It is the observer who creates reality via participation (a participatory universe).  

- Niels Bohr: It is the observer who selects reality by measurement and observation.  

- Hugh Everett: The observer selects a branch of reality but doesn’t cause quantum measurement collapse.  

- David Bohm: It is the observer who reveals deterministic trajectories of reality guided by hidden variables.  

- Quantum mechanics (Bohr, Wheeler, etc.): The observer can affect reality through measurement/observation.

- John Onimisi Obidi (ToE): The observer is absorbed into entropy’s dynamics — so the observer is officially dethroned as sovereign/relative, and replaced by entropy as the fundamental principle in the Theory of Entropicity (ToE).   

Thus, all the above shows us clearly the philosophical arc of the role of the observer in modern physics:  

from observer as absolute (Newton) →(to) observer as relative (Einstein) →(to) observer as sovereign (Wheeler, Bohr) →(to) observer marginalized (Everett, Bohm) →(to) observer dethroned (Obidi - ToE).