How has Obidi Explained the Speed of Light c in the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)? A New Exposition of Einstein's Second Postulate of the Theory of Relativity (ToR)

Entropy as a New Foundation of Reality in the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)

John Onimisi Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE) offers a novel reinterpretation of the speed of light (c) through the lens of his proposed entropic field — a foundational concept in which entropy is treated as the fundamental field of reality, not as a derivative measure of disorder or uncertainty.

Here’s how Obidi explains it:

1. Entropy as the Fundamental Field:
   In ToE, entropy is not a byproduct of physical processes but the primary substrate from which space, time, matter, and motion emerge. This contrasts with classical and relativistic physics, where space and time are foundational and entropy is secondary.

2. The Speed of Light as an Entropic Rate Limit:
   According to Obidi, the speed of light (c) represents the maximum rate at which the entropic field can rearrange or redistribute itself. In his words, it is “the maximum interaction, redistribution, and correlation rate of the Entropic Field” — the limit imposed by the structure of reality’s informational substrate.
   Essentially, light travels at this limit because photons embody the purest excitation of the entropic field. Nothing can move or communicate faster because all dynamics occur within, and are constrained by, this field.

3. Einstein’s Postulate Reinterpreted:
   Obidi reinterprets Einstein’s second postulate of relativity — that the speed of light is constant for all observers — as a consequence of the entropic field’s nature, not an independent axiom. Every physical phenomenon must obey this rate because it reflects the universal “entropic capacity” for state change. Just as a vehicle cannot exceed its structural design speed, no process in the universe can surpass the entropic field’s maximal rate of reconfiguration.

4. Analogy Used:
   He likens this to a driver (a particle or wave) traveling within a vehicle (the entropic field): the driver’s speed is limited by the vehicle’s maximum capability. Light, then, is the “driver” moving at the field’s intrinsic limit.

In summary, in Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity:

c = the maximum information/entropy redistribution rate of the fundamental entropic field — the heartbeat of existence itself.

This interpretation effectively grounds relativity’s speed limit not in spacetime geometry, but in the dynamical structure of entropy as the foundational reality field.

For deeper context, Obidi discusses this idea in his essays on the Theory of Entropicity and the Obidi Action principle, particularly on johnobidi.substack.com and medium.com.