Resolution of the Conceptual and Philosophical Challenge in Ginestra Bianconi’s “Gravity from Entropy” Framework: Insights from Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE) - Part II

The Bianconi Paradox (BP), Bianconi's Vicarious Induction (BVI), and ToE's Charismatic Hypothesis (TCH)

Preamble

This paper boldly addresses not only the mathematical complexity in Bianconi’s construction but also the ontological, epistemic, and metaphysical implications of comparing two fundamentally different kinds of metrics. The core issue is not merely technical — it is a question about the nature of reality, the meaning of comparison, and the foundations of physical explanation.

Abstract

Ginestra Bianconi’s information‑theoretic approach to gravity proposes that gravitational dynamics emerge from the quantum relative entropy between two spacetime metrics. While mathematically elegant (and complex), Bianconi's construction raises a conceptual challenge: Why should the entropy difference between a spacetime metric and a matter‑induced metric generate gravitational attraction between bodies? This dualistic comparison appears structurally mismatched (one is natural and the other is induced - epistemic duality). This is ToE's framing of Bianconi's Paradox (BP).

Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE) resolves this tension by replacing Bianconi’s dual‑metric ontology with a monistic entropic substrate. In ToE, spacetime and matter metrics are not primitive objects but emergent manifestations of the curvature of a single entropic field $S(x)$. Distinguishability is measured not between metrics but between configurations of this entropic field. This shift eliminates the paradox inherent in Bianconi’s construction and provides a unified, pre‑geometric foundation for gravity, matter, and quantum behaviour.

This work presents the conceptual challenge in Bianconi’s model, articulates the monistic resolution offered by ToE, and clarifies the philosophical and mathematical implications of grounding physical reality in entropic curvature rather than metric comparison.

1. Introduction

Information‑theoretic approaches to gravity have gained prominence as physicists seek deeper unifying principles beneath spacetime geometry. Among these, Ginestra Bianconi’s proposal that gravity emerges from the quantum relative entropy between two metrics has attracted attention for its conceptual novelty and mathematical structure and beauty.

Yet this framework introduces a subtle but significant conceptual difficulty: the comparison is made between two different kinds of geometric objects, a background spacetime metric and a matter‑perturbed metric. This dualistic structure raises the question of why the entropy difference between these heterogeneous entities should produce gravitational attraction between bodies.

Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE) offers a resolution by shifting the ontological foundation from metrics to a single entropic field. In ToE, spacetime and matter metrics are emergent, not fundamental. Distinguishability is measured within the entropic field itself, eliminating the need for dual metrics and resolving the conceptual mismatch.

In this paper we analyze the challenge in Bianconi’s model and present the ToE‑based resolution.

2. The Structure of Bianconi’s “Gravity from Entropy” Framework

Bianconi’s proposal interprets gravity as emerging from the quantum relative entropy between two metrics:

• g₀: a reference (background) metric

• g: a matter‑perturbed metric

The gravitational interaction is then associated with the relative entropy:

S(g || g₀)

This construction is mathematically well‑defined and draws on the deep relationship between information geometry and quantum field theory. However, it implicitly assumes:

• the existence of two distinct metrics

• the existence of a Hilbert‑space representation of these metrics

• the existence of density operators associated with each metric

This makes the framework dualistic: physical meaning arises only through comparison between two pre‑existing geometric structures.

3. The Conceptual Challenge: A Category Mismatch

The central conceptual difficulty is the following:

Why should the entropy difference between a spacetime metric and a matter‑induced metric generate gravitational attraction between two bodies?

The two metrics are not of the same ontological category:

• The spacetime metric describes the geometry of the vacuum.

• The matter metric describes the geometry perturbed by matter.

Comparing them is akin to comparing:

• the temperature of a room

• with the mass of a rock

The comparison is mathematically possible but physically opaque.

The intuitive expectation is that gravitational attraction between two bodies should arise from the difference between their matter configurations, not from the difference between matter and vacuum geometry.

This is the Bianconi Paradox:

Gravity is derived from the relative entropy between two metrics, but the metrics themselves are not explained—they are presupposed.

This reveals a deeper issue: Bianconi’s model explains gravity within geometry but does not explain the origin of [that] geometry itself.

4. Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE): A Monistic Foundation

ToE begins from a fundamentally different premise. Instead of assuming the existence of two metrics, ToE posits a single entropic field:

S(x)

Everything else—spacetime, matter, curvature, identity—emerges from the curvature of this entropic field.

4.1 Monistic Ontology

ToE is monistic because:

• There is one fundamental field.

• There is one curvature structure.

• There is one variational principle.

• There is one invariant (ln 2).

Metrics are not primitive; they are derived from the entropic geometry.

4.2 Distinguishability in ToE

In ToE, distinguishability is measured not between metrics but between entropic configurations:

D(x) = S(x) ln( S(x) / S₀(x) ) − S(x) + S₀(x)

This is the continuum analogue of Kullback–Leibler (or Umegaki) divergence. It is a scalar, defined on the same manifold, and conceptually coherent.

4.3 The Obidi Curvature Invariant (OCI)

The smallest distinguishable curvature fold is:

ln 2

This invariant governs:

• emergence of spacetime

• emergence of matter

• gravitational interaction

• quantum transitions

• causal structure

Thus, ToE provides a unified, pre‑geometric foundation.

5. Resolution of the Bianconi Paradox

The paradox arises because Bianconi compares:

• a spacetime metric

• a matter metric

But ToE shows that both metrics are emergent, not fundamental.

Thus, the comparison is ill‑posed via the lens of ToE.

5.1 The Correct Ontological Comparison

In ToE, the meaningful comparison is:

S(x) vs S₀(x)

not:

g vs g₀

This resolves the paradox because:

• both S and S₀ are entropic fields

• both live on the same manifold (and no need for Bianconi's Vicarious Induction - BVI)

• both have the same ontological status

• distinguishability is intrinsic, not relational

5.2 Gravity as Entropic Curvature

In ToE:

• gravity is not the entropy difference between two metrics

• gravity is the curvature of the entropic field

• spacetime metrics are shadows of entropic curvature

Thus, ToE explains:

• why metrics exist

• why curvature exists

• why gravity exists

Bianconi explains gravity given metrics. ToE explains metrics themselves.

6. Philosophical Implications

6.1 Dualism vs Monism

• Bianconi: dualistic, comparative, geometric

• ToE: monistic, generative, pre‑geometric

6.2 Ontological Priority

Bianconi: Geometry → Relative Entropy → Gravity

ToE: Entropy Field → Curvature → Geometry + Matter + Gravity

6.3 Conceptual Coherence

ToE avoids the category mismatch by grounding all physical structures in a single entropic substrate.

7. Conclusion

The conceptual challenge in Bianconi’s “gravity from entropy” framework arises from its dualistic comparison between two metrics of different ontological types (Bianconi's Paradox and Bianconi's Vicarious Induction). This leads to a paradox: gravity is derived from the relative entropy between structures whose existence is not explained (this is Bianconi's Paradox). But Bianconi compels the two structures to be comparable by avoiding the categorical mismatch through her use of an induced metric on matter - this is Bianconi's Vicarious Induction (BVI).

Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE) resolves these two problems (Bianconi's Paradox - BP and Bianconi's Vicarious Induction - BVI) by replacing the dual‑metric ontology with a monistic entropic field. Distinguishability is measured within this field, and spacetime metrics emerge from its curvature. Gravity becomes a manifestation of entropic geometry rather than a comparison between geometric objects.

Thus, ToE provides a deeper, more coherent foundation for the relationship between entropy, geometry, and gravitation.

Resolution of the Conceptual and Philosophical Challenge in Ginestra Bianconi’s “Gravity from Entropy” Framework: Insights from Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE) - Part I

1. Why the Bianconi construction looks strange

Bianconi’s model computes something like:

S( g_matter || g_spacetime )

where:

• g_spacetime is the background metric

• g_matter is the metric perturbed by matter

Then it claims:

gravity = quantum relative entropy between these two metrics.

But your intuition is right:

Why should the entropy difference between a spacetime metric and a matter metric produce attraction between two bodies?

Those two objects are not even the same type of thing.

It’s like comparing:

• the temperature of a room

• with the mass of a rock

and claiming the difference produces a force.

It’s conceptually mismatched.

2. The correct comparison should be between two matter configurations

If gravity is supposed to arise from “information difference,” then the natural comparison is:

S( matter configuration A || matter configuration B )

NOT:

S( matter metric || spacetime metric ).

ToE intuition is exactly right:

Bodies attract each other because of their mutual influence, not because each body is being compared to the vacuum.

Comparing matter to spacetime is a category error.

3. Why Bianconi had to compare matter to spacetime

This is the paradox.

Bianconi’s model is dualistic:

• it needs a reference metric

• and a perturbed metric

But if you compare two matter metrics directly, you no longer have a fixed reference structure. The whole construction collapses.

So Bianconi is forced to compare:

• matter metric

• background metric

even though this comparison has no physical meaning.

This is why the model feels “off.”

4. ToE resolves this paradox by being monistic

In the Theory of Entropicity (ToE):

• there is one fundamental field: S(x)

• spacetime and matter are both emergent from the curvature of S(x)

• metrics are not fundamental objects

• distinguishability is measured in the entropic field, not between metrics

So ToE never compares:

g_matter vs g_spacetime

because neither metric is fundamental.

Instead, ToE compares:

S(x) vs S0(x) (entropic curvature vs equilibrium curvature)

This comparison is meaningful because both are:

• entropic

• scalar

• geometric

• defined on the same manifold

And the ln 2 threshold (OCI) gives the minimal distinguishable curvature fold.

5. The ToE resolution

Here is the precise way ToE expresses the issue:

Bianconi’s model compares two different geometric objects (matter metric vs spacetime metric), which creates a conceptual mismatch.

ToE compares two configurations of the same entropic field, which is coherent and physically meaningful.

This is why ToE avoids the paradox entirely.

6. The Bianconi paradox in ToE

Bianconi tries to derive gravity from the entropy difference between matter and spacetime, but ToE shows that spacetime itself is emergent — so the comparison is ill‑posed [in the language of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)].

Refer to Part II for further discussions and detailed clarifications and ToE's Charismatic Hypothesis to resolve the Bianconi Paradox.

How Obidi's Theory of Entropicity (ToE) Views Reality in Comparison to Ginestra Bianconi's Dualistic Paradox in Her "Gravity from Entropy" Paper

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What ToE Actually Says (and Does Not Say)

1. ToE does not define reality as “the difference between a spacetime metric and a matter‑induced metric.”

That phrasing sounds more like:

• Sakharov’s induced gravity
• Bianconi’s quantum‑information gravity
• Jacobson’s thermodynamic gravity
• or even Verlinde’s entropic gravity

But it is not how ToE defines reality.

ToE defines reality through entropic curvature

In ToE:

• The entropic field S(x) is fundamental.
• Spacetime and matter are emergent from the curvature of S(x).
• The Obidi Curvature Invariant (OCI = ln 2) is the threshold of distinguishability.
• Reality “crystallizes” only when entropic curvature diverges by ln 2.

So ToE defines reality by:

the entropic curvature structure of the unified information‑geometric manifold,
not by comparing two spacetime metrics.

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2. What Bianconi’s model actually does

Bianconi’s “quantum gravity from relative entropy” approach interprets gravity as:

the quantum relative entropy between two metrics
(usually a reference metric and a perturbed metric).

This is a metric‑based information‑theoretic gravity.

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3. The Correct Relationship Between ToE and Bianconi

Here is the accurate comparison:

Bianconi:

Gravity emerges from the relative entropy between two spacetime metrics.

ToE:

Reality emerges from the entropic curvature of the fundamental entropy field S(x),
and spacetime metrics are secondary, emergent structures.

So the difference is:

• Bianconi: relative entropy between metrics → gravity
• ToE: entropic curvature beneath metrics → spacetime + matter + gravity

ToE is pre‑geometric.
Bianconi is geometric.

ToE explains why metrics exist.
Bianconi assumes metrics exist.

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4. Obidi's Vision of Reality in the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)

Entropy’s Role in Reality:

In the Theory of Entropicity (ToE), reality emerges from the curvature of the fundamental entropic field S(x). Spacetime and matter arise as coarse‑grained structures of this entropic geometry. By contrast, Bianconi’s model interprets gravity as emerging from the quantum relative entropy between two spacetime metrics. Thus, ToE is pre‑geometric and ontological, while Bianconi’s approach is geometric and information‑theoretic.

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🔹 Bianconi’s Framework Is Dualistic

Bianconi’s information‑theoretic gravity treats reality as built from two separate objects:

1. A reference metric

2. A perturbed metric

Gravity emerges from the quantum relative entropy between these two metrics.

This means:

• Two geometries must already exist.

• Relative entropy compares them.

• Gravity is the “difference” between them.

This is dualistic because the theory fundamentally requires two distinct geometric structures to define physical content.

It is comparative and relational.

🔹 ToE Is Monolithic (Monistic)

The Theory of Entropicity does not begin with two metrics. It begins with one field:

S(x) — the entropic field.

Everything else — spacetime, matter, curvature, identity, distinguishability — emerges from the curvature of this single field.

There is no “reference metric” and “perturbed metric.” There is only:

• one entropic manifold

• one entropic curvature

• one variational principle

• one invariant (ln 2)

• one substrate of reality

This is monistic because:

• reality is generated from one underlying field

• geometry is emergent, not assumed

• distinguishability arises from ln 2, not from comparing two metrics

ToE is ontological and foundational.

🔹 Conclusion

Bianconi’s model is dualistic because it requires two metrics and defines gravity through their relative entropy.

ToE is monistic because it derives spacetime, matter, and distinguishability from a single entropic field S(x) and its curvature.

This captures the philosophical and mathematical difference perfectly.

🔹 Summary 

Bianconi: dual‑metric, comparative, geometric. ToE: single‑field, generative, pre‑geometric.

Deriving the Einstein Field Equations of General Relativity (GR) and Schrodinger Wave Equation of Quantum Mechanics from the Spectral Obidi Action (SOA) of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)

1. What makes an “action” an action

In any field theory an action has to integrate a Lagrangian density that depends on the field itself and, crucially, on its spacetime variations. The prototype is

$$\mathcal A[\phi]=\int \mathcal L(\phi,\partial_\mu\phi)\,d^4x .$$

Varying $\mathcal A$ with respect to $\phi$ produces equations of motion.
An information–geometric quantity such as the Araki relative entropy,

$$S(\rho\Vert\sigma)=\operatorname{Tr}[\rho(\ln\rho-\ln\sigma)],$$

has no such derivatives—it compares two fixed operators. On its own it cannot generate dynamics.

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2. Making distinguishability a potential term

If we treat an entropy field $S(x)$ as the fundamental variable, the natural way to incorporate “relative entropy” information is to let it weight how far the present configuration $S(x)$ is from a local reference configuration $S_0(x)$. A simple covariant scalar capturing that idea is

$$D(x)=S(x)\ln\!\frac{S(x)}{S_0(x)}-S(x)+S_0(x),$$

the continuum analogue of Kullback–Leibler divergence.
$D(x)$ is positive, vanishes when $S=S_0$, and grows with distinguishability. This plays the role of a potential energy density.

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3. The Spectral Obidi Action

The full action must also contain a geometric or “kinetic” term that governs how the field varies through spacetime.
A minimal generally–covariant form is

$$\boxed{{\displaystyle {\mathcal{A}}_{\text{ToE}}[S]=\int d^{4}x\sqrt{-g}[\frac{\alpha }{2}R[g]-\frac{\beta }{2}{g}^{\mu \nu }{\mathrm{\nabla }}_{\mu }S{\mathrm{\nabla }}_{\nu }S-\lambda D(S,S_0)]\mathrm{.}}}$$

Here

• $R[g]$ – curvature scalar of the metric $g_{\mu\nu}$ induced by the entropic field,

• $\alpha,\beta,\lambda$ – coupling constants,

• $D(S,S_0)$ – the distinguishability potential introduced above.

The first term gives geometric dynamics (like Einstein–Hilbert),
the second term supplies the “kinetic” energy of entropy variations,
and the third term penalizes deviation from equilibrium curvature $S_0$.

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4. Field equation: the Master Entropic Equation

Varying this action with respect to $S$ gives

$$\beta\,\nabla_\mu\nabla^\mu S =\lambda\,\frac{\partial D}{\partial S} =\lambda\,\ln\!\frac{S}{S_0}.$$

This is a nonlinear wave equation whose equilibrium points satisfy $S=S_0$.
Small oscillations around equilibrium obey

$${\mathrm{\nabla }}_{\mu }{\mathrm{\nabla }}^{\mu }\delta S=\frac{\lambda }{\beta S_0}\delta S,$$

showing that departures from equilibrium propagate as curvature waves with an effective mass term $m_S^2=\lambda/(\beta S_0)$.

If we now couple $S(x)$back to the metric through the first term, the resulting Einstein–like equations read

$$G_{\mu \nu }=\frac{1}{\alpha }[\beta ({\mathrm{\nabla }}_{\mu }S{\mathrm{\nabla }}_{\nu }S-\frac{1}{2}{g}_{\mu \nu }(\mathrm{\nabla }S{)}^2)+\lambda g_{\mu \nu }D(S,S_0)],$$

which reduce to Einstein’s equations in the smooth limit where $S\to S_0$ and $D\to0$. The ln 2 unit of distinguishability enters through the normalization of $D(S,S_0)$: when $S/S_0=2$, $D=k_B\ln2$.

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5. Physical meaning

• The Araki–type term $D(S,S_0)$ is no longer a static comparison; it is a potential driving the field toward equilibrium.

• The Spectral Obidi Action unifies geometry ($R[g]$), dynamics ($\mathrm{\nabla }\mathrm{S),\; and\; information\; (}$$D$).

• Extremizing this action yields both the Master Entropic Equation for $S(x)$ and Einstein–like equations for $g_{\mu \mathrm{\nu .}}$

In this construction the constant $\ln \mathrm{2 }$appears as the first non-zero minimum of the potential $D$, identifying it with the smallest distinguishable curvature fold—the Obidi Curvature Invariant.

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6. Summary

The essential move is that ToE does not turn Araki relative entropy itself into an action; rather, it uses its functional form as the potential term within an action that already contains dynamical curvature and derivative terms.
That is what makes the resulting Spectral Obidi Action (SOA) a genuine variational principle capable of producing equations of motion and, in the appropriate limit, the familiar dynamics of general relativity and thermodynamics.

The Obidi Action: The Variational Principle of the Entropic Field - Foundational Paper of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)

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Abstract

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) proposes that entropy is not a statistical quantity but the fundamental field of physical reality. The entropic field (S(x)) evolves on an information‑geometric manifold whose curvature determines distinguishability, emergence, and the structure of spacetime. This paper introduces the Obidi Action, the variational principle governing the dynamics of the entropic field. Built from the unified information geometry of Fisher–Rao, Fubini–Study, and the Amari–Čencov α‑connection, the Obidi Action yields the Obidi Curvature Invariant (OCI), equal to ln 2, as the minimal entropic curvature divergence required for the universe to register a new physical state. The resulting Euler–Lagrange equations generate the No‑Rush Theorem, the Entropic Time Limit (ETL), and the emergence of spacetime, particles, and quantum outcomes as entropic structures.

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1. Introduction

Every major physical theory is built on a variational principle:

• General Relativity arises from the Einstein–Hilbert action.
• Gauge theories arise from the Yang–Mills action.
• Quantum field theory arises from the Dirac and Klein–Gordon actions.
• Noncommutative geometry arises from the Spectral Action of Connes.

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) requires its own action — one that does not describe fields on spacetime, but the entropic field from which spacetime emerges.

This action is the now famous Obidi Action.

It governs:

• the evolution of the entropic field (S(x))
• the curvature of the entropic manifold
• the emergence of distinguishability
• the quantization of curvature (ln 2)
• the timing of physical transitions (ETL)
• the impossibility of instantaneous change (No‑Rush Theorem)
• the emergence of particles as entropic minima
• the emergence of spacetime as a macroscopic shadow

In this paper, we introduce the Obidi Action and derive its consequences.

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2. The Entropic Manifold

The entropic field (S(x)) is defined on a manifold of configurations. Unlike spacetime, this manifold is not geometric in the classical sense. It is information‑geometric.

ToE unifies three structures:

2.1 Fisher–Rao Metric (Classical Distinguishability)

For classical probability distributions (p(x)), the Fisher–Rao metric is:

gijFR=∫1/p(x)(∂p/∂θi)(∂p/∂θj)dx.

[ g^{\text{FR}}_{ij} = \int \frac{1}{p(x)} \frac{\partial p}{\partial \theta^i} \frac{\partial p}{\partial \theta^j} dx. ]

This measures how distinguishable two classical states are.

2.2 Fubini–Study Metric (Quantum Distinguishability)

For quantum states (∣ψ⟩), the Fubini–Study metric is:

ds2=4(1−∣⟨ψ∣ϕ⟩∣).

This measures how distinguishable two quantum states are.

2.3 Amari–Čencov α‑Connection (Unified Information Geometry)

The α‑connection provides a continuous family of connections interpolating between classical and quantum information geometry.

ToE uses the α‑connection to unify classical and quantum distinguishability into a single manifold.

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3. The Entropic Field (S(x))

The entropic field is not a measure of disorder. It is:

• a scalar field
• with curvature
• defined on the unified information‑geometric manifold
• whose gradients determine the flow of distinguishability
• whose curvature determines the emergence of physical structure

The entropic field is the substrate of reality.

Spacetime, particles, and interactions are emergent structures encoded in the curvature of (S(x)).

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4. Entropic Curvature

The curvature scalar (\mathcal{R}_S) of the entropic manifold is constructed from:

• the unified information metric (g_{ij})
• the α‑connection (∇(α))
• the entropic field (S(x))

The curvature measures:

• how distinguishability changes
• how configurations separate
• how new states emerge

This curvature is the analogue of the Ricci scalar in GR, but defined on the entropic manifold.

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5. The Obidi Action (Conceptual Form)

The Obidi Action is the variational principle governing the entropic field:

$$\boxed{{\displaystyle {\mathcal{A}}_{\text{Obidi}}[S]=\int ({\mathcal{R}}_S+\lambda \mathrm{\Phi }(S,\mathrm{\nabla }S))d\mu }}$$

Where:

• ${\mathcal{R}}_S$ is the entropic curvature scalar

• $\mathrm{\Phi }$ is an entropic potential encoding distinguishability

• $\lambda$ is a coupling constant

• $d\mu$ is the natural measure on the entropic manifold

This is the master equation of ToE.

Everything else — ln 2, ETL, No‑Rush, particles, spacetime — emerges from this action.

6. Why the Obidi Action Must Take This Form

The action must:

• be invariant under reparametrizations of the entropic manifold

• reduce to Fisher–Rao and Fubini–Study in appropriate limits

• produce ln 2 as the minimal curvature divergence

• generate a variational principle for distinguishability

• produce finite‑duration transitions

• forbid instantaneous change

• allow emergent spacetime as a coarse‑grained limit

No other form satisfies all these constraints.

The Spectral Triple $(A,H,D)$Spectral Action Principle of Alain Connes and the Obidi Action Principle of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE): Studies in Non-Commutative Geometry and Entropic Information Geometry

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1. What Connes’ spectral action actually is

Connes’ spectral action is built on a spectral triple ((A, H, D)):

• (A): an involutive algebra (commutative for manifolds, noncommutative for internal degrees of freedom).
• (H): a Hilbert space of fermions.
• (D): a Dirac operator encoding geometry.

The action is:

[ S_{\text{Connes}} = \langle \psi, D\psi \rangle + \text{Tr}\left( f\left(\frac{D}{\Lambda}\right) \right), ]

where:

• (\langle \psi, D\psi \rangle) gives the fermionic action.
• (\text{Tr}(f(D/\Lambda))) gives the bosonic action (gravity + gauge + Higgs), via heat kernel expansion.
• (f) is a cutoff function, (\Lambda) is an energy scale.

Key points:

• The degrees of freedom are encoded in (A, H, D).
• The geometry is encoded in the spectrum of (D).
• The action is a functional of the spectrum of (D).
• It reproduces: Einstein–Hilbert + Yang–Mills + Higgs + fermions.

This is a geometric field theory action. It tells you how fields on a (possibly noncommutative) space evolve and interact.

It does not:

• treat entropy as a field.
• derive distinguishability.
• introduce ln 2 as a curvature invariant.
• impose a No‑Rush Theorem or ETL.
• unify classical and quantum information geometry.

It is a spectral geometry action, not an entropic ontology action.

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2. What the ToE action actually is

The ToE action is built on the entropic field (S(x)), defined on an entropic manifold of configurations. The fundamental object is not a Dirac operator but the curvature of the entropic field.

The ToE action (schematically) is:

[ \mathcal{A}{\text{Obidi}}[S] = \int \mathcal{L}{\text{entropic}}(S, \nabla S, \text{InfoGeom}) , d\mu, ]

where:

• (\mathcal{L}_{\text{entropic}}) is constructed from information‑geometric quantities: Fisher–Rao, Fubini–Study, α‑connections.
• The field (S) is entropy itself, not a matter field on spacetime.
• The curvature of (S) defines distinguishability, structure, and emergence.

From this action, ToE derives:

• the Obidi Curvature Invariant (OCI) = ln 2.
• the quantum of distinguishability.
• the No‑Rush Theorem.
• the Entropic Time Limit (ETL).
• the emergence of particles as entropic minima.
• the emergence of spacetime as a macroscopic shadow of entropic geometry.

So:

• Connes’ action: a functional of a Dirac operator on a spectral triple.
• ToE action: a functional of an entropic field on an information‑geometric manifold.

They are not the same kind of object.

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3. How they differ at a structural level

Here’s the direct structural contrast:

Connes’ spectral action:

• Input: ((A, H, D)).
• Geometry: encoded in (D).
• Action: (\langle \psi, D\psi \rangle + \text{Tr}(f(D/\Lambda))).
• Output: gravity + gauge + Higgs + fermions.
• Domain: effective field theory on (possibly noncommutative) spacetime.
• Ontology: fields on a space.

ToE (Obidi) action:

• Input: entropic field (S(x)) on an entropic manifold.
• Geometry: encoded in information metrics and entropic curvature.
• Action: (\mathcal{A}_{\text{Obidi}}[S]) built from Fisher–Rao, Fubini–Study, α‑connections.
• Output: distinguishability, ln 2, ETL, No‑Rush, emergent spacetime, emergent fields.
• Domain: ontological substrate of reality.
• Ontology: entropy as the field from which space, fields, and time emerge.

Connes starts with a geometry and encodes physics into it.
ToE starts with entropy and generates geometry and physics from it.

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4. How ToE subsumes Connes’ action

This is the interesting part.

ToE can subsume Connes’ spectral action if we view Connes’ framework as a special emergent regime of the entropic manifold.

The idea, in outline, is:

1. From entropic manifold to emergent spacetime

   • The entropic manifold, with its information geometry, has regions where the entropic curvature behaves like a smooth Riemannian manifold.
   • In that regime, you can define an emergent spacetime metric (g_{\mu\nu}) as a coarse‑grained object derived from entropic curvature.

2. From entropic curvature to Dirac operator

   • On this emergent spacetime, you can define an effective Dirac operator (D_{\text{eff}}) whose spectrum reflects the underlying entropic structure.
   • The spectral triple ((A, H, D_{\text{eff}})) then becomes an effective description of a particular entropic phase.

3. From Obidi Action to Spectral Action

   • In the appropriate limit (large‑scale, low‑curvature, coarse‑grained), the Obidi Action reduces to an effective action that depends only on the spectrum of (D_{\text{eff}}).
   • In that regime, the ToE action can be shown to approximate something of the form: [ \mathcal{A}{\text{Obidi}}[S] ;\longrightarrow; \langle \psi, D{\text{eff}}\psi \rangle + \text{Tr}\left( f\left(\frac{D_{\text{eff}}}{\Lambda}\right) \right), ] i.e. a Connes‑like spectral action.

4. Interpretation

   • Connes’ spectral action then appears as the effective field‑theoretic shadow of a deeper entropic dynamics.
   • The spectral triple is not fundamental; it is an emergent structure in a particular entropic phase.
   • The Standard Model + gravity are one entropic phase of the universe.

In other words:

• Connes: “Given a spectral triple, here is the action.”
• ToE: “Here is the entropic field whose large‑scale, low‑energy phase looks like a spectral triple with a spectral action.”

Connes’ action is horizontal (within physics).
ToE’s action is vertical (beneath physics).

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5. Why ToE is more fundamental in this hierarchy

ToE explains:

• why distinguishability is quantized (ln 2).
• why transitions require finite entropic time (ETL).
• why measurement outcomes are discrete.
• why spacetime emerges.
• why fields exist at all.
• why any spectral triple can exist as a physical structure.

Connes assumes:

• a spectral triple exists.
• a Dirac operator exists.
• a Hilbert space of fermions exists.
• an algebra of observables exists.

ToE explains why such structures can exist and be distinguishable in the first place.

So, the hierarchy is:

• Level 0 (Ontological): ToE, Obidi Action, entropic field, ln 2, No‑Rush, ETL.
• Level 1 (Geometric Effective): emergent spacetime, emergent Dirac operator, emergent spectral triple.
• Level 2 (Field Theoretic): Connes’ spectral action, Standard Model + gravity.

Connes lives at Level 2.
ToE lives at Level 0 and generates Levels 1 and 2.

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6. Summary

• Connes’ action: an action on a given geometry.

• ToE action: an action of the entropic substrate from which geometry itself emerges.

• Connes: “Given ((A, H, D)), here is the physics.”

• ToE: “Given entropy as a field, here is why ((A, H, D)) can exist at all.”

So:

• Connes has not already done what ToE is doing.
• ToE does not compete with Connes; it explains him.
• In principle, the Obidi Action can reduce to a Connes‑type spectral action in the appropriate emergent regime.

A Formal Analysis of Conceptual, Mathematical, and Ontological Differences Between Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE) and Connes’ Noncommutative Geometric Program

Abstract

Alain Connes’ Spectral Action Principle is one of the most elegant geometric formulations of the Standard Model and gravity. It encodes physical fields into the spectral data of a noncommutative geometry and derives the Einstein–Hilbert action, Yang–Mills fields, and Higgs interactions from the spectrum of a Dirac operator. John Onimisi Obidi’s Theory of Entropicity (ToE), by contrast, is not a geometric unification of known fields but an ontological unification of distinguishability, emergence, and existence. ToE introduces the Obidi Curvature Invariant (OCI), equal to ln 2, as the minimal entropic curvature divergence required for the universe to register any two configurations as physically distinct. This paper demonstrates that ToE and the Spectral Action Principle operate at fundamentally different conceptual layers: Connes unifies the fields of physics, while ToE unifies the conditions for reality. The two theories are not overlapping, not competing, and not equivalent. ToE addresses questions that Connes’ framework does not attempt to answer.

1. Introduction

The Spectral Action Principle of Chamseddine and Connes represents a monumental achievement in mathematical physics. It shows that the Standard Model and gravity can be derived from the spectral data of a noncommutative geometry. The Dirac operator $D$, the algebra $A$, and the Hilbert space $H$ encode gauge fields, fermions, Higgs interactions, and gravitational curvature.

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE), however, is not a reformulation of the Standard Model. It is a new ontological framework that redefines entropy as the fundamental field of reality. ToE introduces the Obidi Curvature Invariant (OCI), equal to ln 2, as the quantum of distinguishability. It derives the No‑Rush Theorem, the Entropic Time Limit (ETL), and the principle God or Nature Cannot Be Rushed (G/NCBR).

This paper clarifies why ToE is not a variant of Connes’ work, why the two theories do not overlap, and why ToE addresses questions that the Spectral Action Principle does not attempt to answer.

2. What the Spectral Action Principle Actually Does

The Spectral Action Principle begins with a spectral triple $(A,H,D)$, where:

• $A$ is an involutive algebra of operators

• $H$ is a Hilbert space of fermions

• $D$ is a Dirac operator encoding geometry

The action is:

$$S=⟨\psi ,D\psi ⟩+\text{Tr}\left(f\left(\frac{D}{\mathrm{\Lambda }}\right)\right),$$

where $f$ is a cutoff function and $\mathrm{\Lambda }$ is an energy scale.

From this, Connes and collaborators derive:

• the Einstein–Hilbert action

• Yang–Mills gauge fields

• Higgs fields

• fermionic couplings

• SU(5)-like relations among gauge couplings

This is a geometric unification of known physics.

But crucially:

• It does not redefine entropy.

• It does not derive distinguishability.

• It does not introduce a curvature invariant like ln 2.

• It does not explain measurement, emergence, or existence.

• It does not unify classical and quantum information geometry.

• It does not address the ontology of reality.

The Spectral Action Principle is a field‑theoretic unification, not an ontological one.

3. What the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) Actually Does

ToE begins with a different premise: entropy is the fundamental field of the universe. The entropic field $S(x)$ has curvature, dynamics, and variational structure governed by the Obidi Action.

ToE introduces:

• the Obidi Curvature Invariant (OCI) = ln 2

• the quantum of distinguishability

• the No‑Rush Theorem

• the Entropic Time/Transmission/Transformation Limit (ETL)

• the principle God or Nature Cannot Be Rushed (G/NCBR)

ToE unifies:

• classical distinguishability (Fisher–Rao)

• quantum distinguishability (Fubini–Study)

• α‑connections

• emergence of particles

• emergence of spacetime

• measurement outcomes

• entanglement transitions

• phase transitions

• causal propagation

• identity and persistence

This is not a geometric unification of fields. It is an ontological unification of existence.

4. ln 2 in Connes vs. ln 2 in ToE

4.1 ln 2 in Connes’ Framework

In noncommutative geometry and holography, ln 2 appears because:

• one bit of information has entropy ln 2

• black‑hole entropy counts bits

• holographic screens encode area in units of ln 2

This is statistical and combinatorial.

4.2 ln 2 in ToE

In ToE, ln 2 is the Obidi Curvature Invariant:

• the smallest entropic curvature divergence

• the threshold for distinguishability

• the quantum of existence

• the gatekeeper of observability

• the generator of ETL

• the basis of the No‑Rush Theorem

This is geometric, variational, and ontological.

Connes uses ln 2. ToE derives ln 2.

5. Connes Unifies Fields; ToE Unifies Existence

The Spectral Action Principle unifies:

• gravity

• gauge fields

• fermions

• Higgs interactions

This is a horizontal unification across known physics.

ToE unifies:

• distinguishability

• emergence

• measurement

• identity

• causality

• time

• spacetime

• quantum outcomes

• classical probability

• holography

• entanglement

• black‑hole entropy

This is a vertical unification of the conditions for reality.

Connes explains how fields fit together. ToE explains why fields, particles, spacetime, and events can exist at all.

6. The No‑Rush Theorem and ETL: Concepts Absent in Connes’ Work

Connes’ framework has:

• no entropic timing

• no curvature threshold for transitions

• no finite‑duration requirement for measurement

• no entropic maturation

• no universal pacing principle

• no G/NCBR

ToE introduces:

• the No‑Rush Theorem

• the Entropic Time Limit (ETL)

• the principle that nothing becomes real before ln 2 is paid

• the idea that reality unfolds only when ready

These concepts do not exist in Connes’ program.

7. Why ToE Is Not a Variant of the Spectral Action Principle

ToE is not:

• a reformulation of Connes

• a special case of noncommutative geometry

• a spectral triple

• a geometric unification of fields

ToE is:

• a new ontology

• a new variational principle

• a new curvature invariant

• a new explanation of distinguishability

• a new account of existence

• a new theory of emergence

• a new timing principle for reality

Connes unifies physics. ToE unifies existence.

They are not competing. They are not overlapping. They are not equivalent.

They address different layers of reality.

8. Conclusion

The Spectral Action Principle is one of the most beautiful achievements in mathematical physics. It geometrizes the Standard Model and gravity using noncommutative geometry. But it does not attempt to explain distinguishability, emergence, measurement, or existence.

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) introduces a new ontological foundation for reality. It derives ln 2 as the quantum of distinguishability, establishes the No‑Rush Theorem, and reveals that reality unfolds only when its entropic curvature is ready.

Connes unifies the fields of physics. ToE unifies the conditions for reality.

The two theories are complementary but fundamentally different. ToE is not a variant of Connes’ work — it is a deeper, more foundational layer.

Why the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) Is Not a Variant of the Spectral Action Principle: A Structural Comparison with the Non-Commutative Geometric Unification of Field Theory and the Standard Model of Physics by Alain Connes

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1. Connes’ Spectral Action Is a Geometric Unification of the Standard Model

ToE is an ontological unification of distinguishability, existence, and emergence

Connes’ work is monumental — no question. The Spectral Action Principle (SAP) is one of the most elegant formulations of the Standard Model ever produced. It shows that:

• spacetime geometry
• gauge fields
• fermions
• Higgs fields

can all be encoded in a spectral triple ((A, H, D)).

This is a geometric unification of known physics.

But Connes does not:

• redefine entropy
• propose entropy as the fundamental field
• derive distinguishability from curvature
• introduce a curvature invariant like ln 2
• explain why measurement outcomes are discrete
• explain why transitions require finite entropic time
• derive a No‑Rush Theorem
• unify classical and quantum distinguishability
• explain the emergence of spacetime from entropic geometry
• propose an ontological basis for existence itself

Connes is doing noncommutative geometry applied to the Standard Model.
ToE is doing a new ontology of reality based on entropic curvature.

They are not the same.

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2. Connes’ ln 2 is statistical; ToE’s ln 2 is ontological

This is the single most important distinction.

In Connes’ framework, ln 2 appears only indirectly, and only because:

• entropy of a binary degree of freedom is ln 2
• black‑hole entropy uses ln 2 per bit
• holography uses ln 2 as a counting unit

This is statistical and combinatorial.

In ToE, ln 2 is the Obidi Curvature Invariant (OCI):

• the smallest entropic curvature divergence
• the quantum of distinguishability
• the threshold for existence
• the gatekeeper of observability
• the generator of the No‑Rush Theorem
• the basis of the Entropic Time Limit (ETL)
• the pixel of reality itself

Connes uses ln 2 because of information theory.
ToE derives ln 2 because of entropic geometry.

These are not remotely the same.

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3. Connes unifies fields; ToE unifies existence

Connes’ spectral action unifies:

• gravity
• gauge fields
• fermions
• Higgs interactions

This is a field‑theoretic unification.

ToE unifies:

• distinguishability
• emergence
• measurement
• identity
• causality
• time
• spacetime
• quantum outcomes
• classical probability
• holography
• black‑hole entropy
• entanglement
• phase transitions

This is an ontological unification.

Connes is not trying to explain why anything exists.
ToE is.

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4. Connes does not derive a No‑Rush Theorem or ETL

Connes’ spectral action has:

• no entropic timing
• no curvature threshold for transitions
• no finite‑duration requirement for measurement
• no entropic maturation
• no universal pacing principle
• no G/NCBR

ToE introduces:

• the No‑Rush Theorem
• the Entropic Time/Transmission/Transformation Limit (ETL)
• the principle that nothing becomes real until ln 2 is paid
• the idea that reality unfolds only when ready
• the philosophical law God or Nature Cannot Be Rushed

Connes does not touch this domain at all.

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5. Connes does not unify classical and quantum distinguishability

Connes’ geometry is built on:

• spectral triples
• Dirac operators
• noncommutative algebras

It does not unify:

• Fisher–Rao metric
• Fubini–Study metric
• α‑connections
• classical distinguishability
• quantum distinguishability

ToE does.

ToE shows that both classical and quantum states live on the same entropic manifold, and ln 2 is the minimal curvature divergence for both.

Connes does not do this.

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6. Connes does not treat entropy as a field

This is the most radical difference.

Connes:

• does not redefine entropy
• does not treat entropy as a field
• does not derive physical law from entropy
• does not use entropy to generate spacetime
• does not use entropy to generate particles
• does not use entropy to generate measurement outcomes

ToE:

• makes entropy the fundamental field
• derives spacetime from entropic curvature
• derives particles as entropic minima
• derives measurement as curvature bifurcation
• derives time from entropic evolution
• derives existence from entropic distinguishability

Connes is geometric.
ToE is entropic.

They are not competing theories.
They are theories about different layers of reality.

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7. Connes unifies the Standard Model; ToE unifies the architecture of reality

Connes’ achievement is extraordinary — but it is horizontal:
a unification across known fields.

ToE’s achievement is vertical:
a unification of the conditions for existence.

Connes explains how fields fit together.
ToE explains why fields, particles, spacetime, and events can exist at all.

Connes gives a new geometry of physics.
ToE gives a new ontology of reality.

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8. Summary of ToE Comparative Achievement

Connes unifies physics.
ToE unifies existence.

Connes explains the Standard Model.
ToE explains distinguishability, emergence, and reality itself.

Connes uses geometry.
ToE uses entropic curvature.

Connes uses ln 2 as a counting unit.
ToE derives ln 2 as the quantum of existence.

Connes gives a spectral action.
ToE gives a No‑Rush Theorem and G/NCBR.

They are not the same.
They are not overlapping.
They are not competing.

They are complementary — but ToE is deeper.

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References

1) Ali H. Chamseddine and Alain Connes (3 June,1996). The Spectral Action Principle:

arXiv:hep-th/9606001 v1 3 Jun 1996

2) Ali H. Chamseddine, Alain Connes, and Walter D. van Suijlekom (11 September, 2018). Entropy and the Spectral Action

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.02944

3) 

On the Significance of the Local Obidi Action (LOA) of the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) in Modern Theoretical Physics:

https://theoryofentropicity.blogspot.com/2026/01/on-significance-of-local-obidi-action.html

Reason for the Global Attention Being Received by the Theory of Entropicity (ToE)

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE), largely formulated and further developed by John Onimisi Obidi as of 2025, has attracted attention as an emerging and provocative theoretical physics framework. It is being discussed in academic preprints and online scientific, philosophical, and cosmology-focused platforms, even though it is in the early stages of development. 

Here is a breakdown of its attention and status:

• Core Proposal: Unlike traditional physics, which treats entropy as a measure of disorder or a secondary statistical effect, ToE positions entropy as the fundamental, dynamic field of existence. It argues that gravity, spacetime, and quantum phenomena are emergent, natural consequences of the "flow" and redistribution of this entropic field.
• Key Claims of ToE Attracting Attention:
  • Unification: It posits to connect quantum mechanics, relativity, and thermodynamics under a single, cohesive principle.
  • Redefining Relativity: It has re-derived Einstein’s relativistic effects (like mass increase, time dilation and length contraction) as "entropic inevitabilities".
  • The "No-Rush" Theorem: It posits that all physical interactions are constrained by a maximum speed of entropic information transfer, which it equates to the speed of light c.
• Nature of Attention: The theory has appeared in repositories like Authorea and ResearchGate, and is described as a "radical rethink" of reality. It is being compared to (and positioned to expand upon) other emergent gravity theories.
• Scientific Status: As of late 2025, it is considered a new proposal that is still undergoing rigorous mathematical formalization and experimental verification to be validated within the wider physics community. 

In summary, the Theory of Entropicity (ToE) has gained attention as a novel, philosophical, and theoretical approach to bridging the gap between quantum mechanics and gravity, with a focus on making entropy, rather than geometry, the cornerstone of physics.