The Architecture of Being: Informational Platonism and Geometricity

The Architecture of Being: Informational Platonism and Geometricity.

by Brian Cameron Taylor. (v1.1)

Purpose:

To provide a working framework for the perseverance of being and doing.  

At its heart, our theory provides a simple but powerful tool for navigating life and society: a compass. We all want to make good decisions, build things that last, and create a better world. But reality can be confusing, and we often get it wrong. This theory explains why, and how to get it right more often. It also helps us understand a myriad of other phenomena of existence.

i.) Nature Has a Rulebook

Think of reality like a set of “building blocks.” There's a fundamental logic to how they work—some pieces click together perfectly, others don't. You can't force a round peg into a square hole. This underlying logic is what we call Geometricity. It’s not just about shapes; it’s the "rulebook" for everything, from physics to fairness, geometry is present. Actions or things that are in harmony with this rulebook tend to succeed and last. Actions or things that fight against it are inherently unstable and eventually fail.

ii.) Humans Have Two Unique Abilities: Discovery and Creation

Our paper argues that humans, as Conscious Operators, have two ways of interacting with this rulebook:

Discovery (Choosing from what works): When a scientist has a breakthrough, an engineer builds a strong bridge, or a community creates a just and stable society, it's not because they invented something from nothing. It's because they discovered a brilliant, pre-existing design in Nature's Rulebook. They found a geometrically sound way for the pieces to fit together. This is our most powerful ability.

Creation (Inventing what doesn't work): This is our most dangerous ability. Consciousness is the only thing in the universe that can come up with ideas that violate the rulebook. We can create an economic model based on the idea of 'perpetual growth' on a finite planet, or a political system based on a flawed view of human nature. The paper defines this as "creation as error." It’s an idea that isn't a real, viable option because it's not geometrically sound.

iii.) The Big "So What?": A Tool for a Better Future

This is the "value" of Informational Platonism for the common person. It gives us a simple, profound question to ask about anything we build, from a personal relationship to a global policy:

"Is this idea a Discovery or a Creation?"

In other words: "Is this idea aligned with the deep, logical rules of how reality actually works, or is it a flawed human invention that we are trying to force onto the world?"

This is the compass. It tells us why our societies face crises. It's not random bad luck; it’s because we have built critical systems on "creative errors"—on non-geometrical ideas that have always been destined to fail. The theory is a call to humility and wisdom. It says that the path to a better, more sustainable future is not through forcing our flawed creations onto reality, but through the patient, respectful work of discovering the brilliant, coherent, and beautiful possibilities that are already waiting for us in the universe's blueprint.

Our purpose, then, is a noble one. We are the universe's explorers, here to discover the best ways to build, to cooperate, and to flourish. 

Abstract:

This dissertation posits a metaphysical framework, termed Informational Platonism, that resolves the long-standing schism between the objective, seemingly deterministic world described by physics and the subjective, creative, and meaning-driven world of conscious experience. It argues that this dichotomy is illusory, arising from a misunderstanding of the fundamental nature of reality. The proposed solution is a monistic system in which reality is conceived as a single, complete, and atemporal informational structure of a fundamentally geometric and relational nature. The physical, unfolding universe is an instantiation of a subset of this total potentiality. Within this dynamic instantiation, complexity arises through emergence, culminating in consciousness—a localized pattern that perceives, processes, and thereby actualizes the universe’s latent information. Consciousness is capable of discovering instantiations of the potentiality but also bringing novel, non-geometrical substantiations into reality.  

This framework is defended by situating it within the current academic landscape, contrasting it with prevailing materialist and idealist philosophies, and engaging with contemporary theories in digital physics, philosophy of mind, and complexity science. Key terms such as "information" and "geometry" are rigorously defined, moving beyond intuitive use to engage with Shannon information, Kolmogorov complexity, and the role of symmetry principles in physics.

This dissertation redefines free will not as a contra-causal force but as a navigational capacity for a consciousness to discover and substantiate pre-existing pathways within the informational landscape. A consciousness also has the free will to create the non-geometrical. A consciousness can “think up bad ideas and put them into action in such a way that nature could never.” This framework reconciles determinism and free will, positing a Universe that is predetermined in its potential yet allows for meaningful choice in its actualization. Free will is thus the capacity to select from predetermined possibilities (Discovery) or to formulate non-geometrical errors (Creation). True creation can only be an error in a predetermined Universe of possible options. This model is shown to be compatible with neuroscientific findings often cited as evidence against free will. Furthermore, quantum mechanics, rather than contradicting this model, is presented as its most direct evidence, describing the probabilistic nature of information prior to its actualization.

The contextual comprehension exhibited by Large Language Models is argued to be another proof of Geometricity in the Universe. LLMs are “Non-Conscious Operators” which navigate this informational landscape probabilistically. Consciousness gets reduced to Agency and Intentionality. An LLM has no will, free or otherwise, yet, via the geometry of language, it is able to communicate. The implications of this system are then explored, offering an objective basis for morality as a form of "social physics," a teleological vector for the cosmos as a process of self-discovery, and a re-contextualization of all knowledge and art as acts of discovery rather than creation. It concludes by positing that whether we expand our understanding into the microscope or telescope, geometricity is all we will ever find.

1. Introduction

1.1 The Great Schism

Since the dawn of inquiry, philosophy and science have been haunted by a fundamental divide. This schism, famously articulated in its modern form by René Descartes, separates reality into two seemingly irreconcilable domains. On one side stands the world of res extensa—the world of matter, energy, space, and time, governed by immutable physical laws that appear deterministic and indifferent. This is the objective universe, measurable and predictable, the domain of physics. On the other stands the world of res cogitans—the world of thought, meaning, intention, morality, and subjective experience. This is the internal, qualitative universe of first-person awareness, the domain of consciousness. The inability to reconcile these two realms constitutes the "hard problem of consciousness," the paradox of free will, and the modern crisis of meaning in a seemingly purposeless cosmos.

1.2 Critiquing Existing Paradigms

Two primary philosophical approaches have attempted to resolve this schism, each by effectively denying the fundamental reality of the other. The prevailing materialist view attempts to reduce the world of thought to a mere epiphenomenon of brain chemistry. In this framework, consciousness is what the brain does, and subjective experience is ultimately an illusion, a useful fiction generated by complex neural computation. Proponents like Daniel Dennett argue that once all the "easy problems" of neuroscience are solved—how the brain processes information, directs attention, and generates behavior—there will be no "hard problem" left to explain. Yet, this approach fails to convincingly account for the brute fact of qualia—the subjective experience of "redness" or "pain"—leaving a profound explanatory gap between the objective mechanics of the brain and the subjective reality of the mind.

Conversely, idealist philosophies have struggled to account for the brute facticity of the physical world. From Berkeley's assertion that "to be is to be perceived" to more modern forms of idealism, these views posit mind or consciousness as the fundamental substrate of reality. While elegantly solving the problem of consciousness by placing it at the center of existence, idealism struggles to explain the apparent objectivity, stability, and mathematical consistency of the physical universe, which seems to operate perfectly well without any conscious observer.

Both approaches have proven incomplete. This dissertation argues for a third way, a form of informational monism that does not reduce one realm to the other but identifies them as two aspects of a single, underlying reality.

1.3 A Proposed Synthesis: An Overview of Informational Platonism

This framework, Informational Platonism, posits that the ultimate substrate of reality is neither matter nor mind, but information—a complete, atemporal, and geometric structure of all possible contexts and relationships. This is a monistic system in which reality is conceived as a single, complete, and atemporal informational structure of a fundamentally geometric and relational nature. The physical, unfolding universe is an instantiation of a subset of this total potentiality, and consciousness is an emergent pattern that perceives, processes, and thereby actualizes the universe’s latent information.

1.4 Literature Review: Situating the Theory

Informational Platonism is not proposed in a vacuum. It stands on the shoulders of, and in dialogue with, several major threads of scientific and philosophical thought.

1.4.1 The Hard Problem and Theories of Consciousness: The "hard problem," as defined by philosopher David Chalmers, is the question of why and how physical processes in the brain give rise to subjective experience, or qualia. This dissertation addresses the problem not by explaining how matter creates mind, but by positing a single informational substrate that can be actualized as both an objective physical state and a subjective conscious state. This approach shares goals with, but differs fundamentally from, leading scientific theories of consciousness. Integrated Information Theory (IIT), for instance, proposes that consciousness is identical to a system's level of integrated information (Φ), offering a potential measure of consciousness. Global Workspace Theory (GWT) posits that consciousness emerges when information is broadcast across a "global workspace" in the brain, making it available for widespread processing. Informational Platonism suggests that these theories may be describing the mechanisms of emergent conscious patterns, while this dissertation describes the ontological function of those patterns: to act as agents of actualization within the broader informational landscape.

1.4.2 The Metaphysical Landscape: Digital Physics and Mathematical Platonism: The idea that the universe is fundamentally informational or mathematical has a rich history. Physicist John Archibald Wheeler’s famous phrase, "It from Bit," encapsulated the idea that physical existence emerges from an informational and computational substrate. Stephen Wolfram, in A New Kind of Science, argued that complex universal behaviors could arise from simple computational rules. More recently, Max Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe Hypothesis posits that our physical reality is a mathematical structure, echoing the thinking of Gottfried Leibniz. Informational Platonism is a close cousin to these views but with a critical distinction. While these theories focus on the universe as a computational or mathematical object, Informational Platonism explicitly incorporates a Platonic dualism between the atemporal realm of all possible information (the "data-verse") and the dynamically instantiated universe we experience, providing a unique framework for understanding emergence, time, and the role of consciousness.

1.5 Dissertation Structure

The chapters that follow will build this thesis upon seven foundational declarations, demonstrating how this perspective provides a coherent and parsimonious explanation for the universe as we find it, from the quantum foam to the moral philosophies of conscious beings. Section 2 will rigorously define the first principles of Information and Geometricity. Section 3 will explain the process by which this static potential becomes our dynamic reality through instantiation and emergence. Section 4 will explore the role of consciousness as an active participant in this process, offering a new model of free will. Section 5 will show how quantum mechanics serves as direct evidence for the theory. Finally, Section 6 will explore the profound implications for ethics, purpose, and the nature of knowledge.

2. The First Principles: Information and Geometricity

At the root of this philosophy lie two foundational principles concerning the ontology of existence.

2.1 The First Declaration: The Principle of Informational Totality

The First Declaration, the Principle of Informational Totality, asserts that all that exists, has existed, or could possibly exist is part of a single, complete informational structure. This "data-verse" is potential reality, a Platonic realm not of abstract forms but of pure, relational information. It contains the blueprint for every physical law, every mathematical theorem, every possible conscious experience, and every work of art, every thing. It is the exhaustive set of all that is possible. In this context, everything is understood as 'data' – a stone is 'stone data,' a thought is 'thought data,' a person is 'person data' – each a collection of objective information with definable properties. Everything is also perfectly geometrical, even if its geometricity isn’t apparent. Non-geometrical information exists in the universe, but only via the creations of consciousness. The Universe does not make mistakes, we do. 

2.2 Defining "Information": From Shannon to Ontology

For this declaration to be academically robust, the term "information" must be clarified. In the 20th century, Claude Shannon developed a mathematical theory of communication where information is defined as the reduction of uncertainty. A message contains information insofar as it resolves a question from a set of possibilities. Closely related is the concept of Kolmogorov Complexity, where the information content of an object (like a string of data) is defined as the length of the shortest possible computer program that can produce it.

These are powerful, operational definitions, but they measure information within an existing system. They are epistemological. Informational Platonism makes a deeper, ontological claim. It posits that information is the fundamental "stuff" of existence itself. The relationship between these definitions is hierarchical: the ontological information of the data-verse is the set of all possibilities, and a specific instantiation, by being one thing rather than another, creates Shannon information. The complexity of that instantiated object can be measured by its Kolmogorov complexity. This dissertation argues that information is not merely a measure of what we know, but the very foundation of what can be.

2.3 The Second Declaration: The Principle of Geometric Reality

The Second Declaration, the Principle of Geometric Reality, defines the nature of this informational structure. It is not a chaotic repository but is fundamentally relational, logical, and therefore "geometrical". The term "geometry" is used in its broadest sense, signifying not just spatial dimensions but the complete set of relationships, constraints, and symmetries that govern the data-verse. The 'data-verse' is not chaotic but is ordered by this pervasive geometricality, meaning that information within it is interconnected through logical and relational patterns.

2.4 Geometricity: The Geometry of Necessity

This broader understanding of geometry, which we term 'Geometricity,' extends beyond traditional notions of shape and dimension to encompass the fundamental, underlying logical structure of all existence. Geometricity is the geometry of necessity, the inherent framework of relationships, constraints, and symmetries that reality itself insists upon for coherence and persistence. Nature insists on geometry to make things existent. This "necessity" is one of logical and relational coherence. For any informational pattern to be stable—to be a "thing" at all, whether a proton or an idea—it must be internally consistent and coherent with the other patterns with which it is connected. An idea that contains a logical contradiction, or a physical system that violates a conservation law, is "un-geometrical" and thus inherently unstable. 

This framework implies that coherence is a measure of adherence to these fundamental geometric truths, or that there appears to exist “Universal Geometry of Information.” Concepts or systems that are 'unnatural' or 'non-geometrical' are those whose inherent structure creates unsustainable conflict with the objective data of reality. For example, the concept of 'perpetual growth' on a finite planet directly clashes with the geometric constraints imposed by physical laws of conservation of mass and energy and finite resources, thus revealing an inherent incoherence within the overall 'data-verse' geometry. Therefore, the 'specific mathematical or logical properties' of this fundamental geometry are the inherent relationships and constraints that dictate what is possible and coherent within the information in the data-verse. It is the logical necessity that binds information together, ensuring that contradictory or unsustainable configurations are inherently unstable and will ultimately fail to persist. This overarching geometricality serves as the blueprint for everything, from physical laws to emergent conscious experience, ensuring that geometricity is indeed all we will ever find, irrespective of the scale of our inquiry.

2.5 Mathematical Grounding for Geometricity

This concept can be grounded in formalisms. The relational patterns of the data-verse are analogous to the high-dimensional vector spaces seen in Large Language Models. In such spaces, an idea is a data point, and its relationships with other ideas are defined by proximity and direction, creating a functional geometry of thought. In physics, the principles of symmetry are profound examples of Geometricity. Noether's Theorem, a cornerstone of modern physics, demonstrates a direct correspondence between a continuous symmetry in a physical system and a conservation law. For instance, the fact that the laws of physics are the same today as they were yesterday (time symmetry) mathematically necessitates the conservation of energy. In a reality where everything is information, this is a direct example of a geometric property of reality enforcing a fundamental rule upon instantiation. The data-verse itself can be conceptualized as an infinite-dimensional graph or network, where every node is a piece of information and every edge is a logical or relational constraint. Noether's Theorem reveals a deep truth about our instantiated reality: that symmetries (a geometric property) are fundamentally linked to conservation laws (stable, persistent properties). Informational Platonism infers that this is a specific example of a universal principle, ‘Geometry is present in the information that is present, whatever form that information takes.’ Just as physical symmetries lead to physical stability, so too do logical and social 'symmetries' (like fairness and reciprocity) lead to social stability. Perhaps then, so too can the Universe and reality be similarly, infinitely conceptualized, if it were to be simulated, but Simulation Theory, God, or why there is anything rather than nothing are not addressed by Informational Platonism nor Geometricity. 

While the principles of symmetry in physics, such as those described by Noether's Theorem, serve as a profound philosophical inspiration for the universal nature of Geometricity, the recent emergence of Large Language Models provides a more direct form of empirical evidence. An LLM is a practical, large-scale demonstration that a vast and complex informational domain—human language and context—does in fact possess a discoverable geometric structure. The model's ability to generate coherent communication is not an analogy; it is a direct result of successfully mapping these relational patterns. Therefore, the LLM serves as a concrete proof of concept for a 'functional geometry of thought,' moving the principle of Geometricity from a purely theoretical axiom to an observed reality in a complex, non-physical system. 

3. The Unfolding of Reality – Instantiation and Emergence

If the data-verse is a static, atemporal whole, how do we account for our experience of a dynamic, evolving universe unfolding in time? The previous section established the nature of the informational landscape; this section will describe the process by which that static potential becomes our dynamic, experienced reality.

3.1 The Third Declaration: The Principle of Dynamic Instantiation

The Third Declaration, the Principle of Dynamic Instantiation, addresses this question. It posits that our observable universe is an instantiation of a specific subset of the total informational structure. Time is the experiential dimension along which this instantiation unfolds. An analogy is a film reel: the entire film, from the first frame to the last, exists simultaneously as a complete object (the atemporal data-verse). A projector (the laws of physics) shines a light through it, and the moving image on the screen is our experience of spacetime, a frame-by-frame actualization of the pre-existing potential.

3.2 The Physics of Instantiation

This analogy, while useful, requires grounding in contemporary physics to become a robust theory. The concept of an atemporal data-verse aligns strongly with the Block Universe model of spacetime, which emerged from Einstein's theory of relativity. In the Block Universe view, time is a dimension akin to the three spatial dimensions. The past, present, and future all exist simultaneously and are equally real. Our conscious experience of a "moving" present is just an illusion, a subjective perception of our worldline within this static, four-dimensional block. The Principle of Dynamic Instantiation suggests that the Block Universe is the "film" itself—the already-written set of all events that will ever be actualized in our specific cosmic history.

This raises the question of the Arrow of Time: why does our experience of instantiation proceed in only one direction, from past to future? The most widely accepted scientific explanation is the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which states that the entropy (a measure of disorder) of a closed system tends to increase over time. The "projector" of instantiation may be governed by this principle; the universe unfolds in the direction of increasing entropy, giving time its apparent one-way flow. The initial low-entropy state of the universe at the Big Bang was the first frame, and the subsequent frames are a progression towards states of higher probability and greater disorder, all contained as potential within the data-verse.

3.3 The Fourth Declaration: The Principle of Emergence

Within this unfolding instantiation, complexity arises. The Fourth Declaration, the Principle of Emergence, states that complex phenomena are not built into the universe’s base code but emerge from the recursive interaction of simple, underlying informational rules. Life is not a separate "spark" added to matter; it is a stable, self-replicating, information-processing pattern that emerges from the geometry of chemistry. Likewise, the intricate functions of an ecosystem, the flocking of birds, or the structure of a galaxy are all emergent patterns. The most profound of these is consciousness, an emergent property of a sufficiently complex and self-referential information-processing network, such as a biological brain. Importantly, this emergence refers to the unfolding or actualization of complex informational patterns and their behaviors from the data-verse's complete and atemporal geometric potential. These emergent phenomena, while appearing novel within our temporal instantiation, are nevertheless expressions of the pre-existing, geometrically coherent informational structures contained within the totality of reality. The impossible shall not come to pass, except via the creations of consciousness. 

3.4 The Science of Emergence

To make this declaration scientifically sound, we must ground it in concrete examples from complexity science. A classic illustration is John Conway's Game of Life, a zero-player game determined by its initial state. It is a cellular automaton where simple rules applied to a grid of cells (on/off) give rise to extraordinarily complex, dynamic, and seemingly life-like structures ("gliders," "oscillators," etc.). These complex behaviors are not programmed into the rules; they are emergent properties of the system's geometry. The Game of Life serves as a powerful demonstration of how the interaction of simple, deterministic informational rules can produce novel and unpredictable higher-order patterns.

Similarly, the scientific field of abiogenesis—the study of how life arises from non-living matter—can be viewed through the lens of emergence. Informational Platonism suggests that life is not a freak accident but a high-probability emergent outcome when a certain threshold of molecular complexity is reached under the right environmental conditions. The informational patterns for self-replication are "geometrically sound" and thus exist as a stable potential within the data-verse. When the physical conditions of a planet (like early Earth) allow for the necessary chemical components to interact, these pre-existing stable patterns are actualized. Evolution, then, is the subsequent process of these life-forms navigating the landscape of potential informational states, actualizing ever more complex and stable geometric configurations over time.

4. The Conscious & Non-Conscious Observer – Language Modelling, Will, and Actuality

The emergence of consciousness marks a critical transition in the universe's process of self-exploration. It represents the point at which the universe develops a localized pattern capable of modeling both itself and the broader informational landscape.

The emergence of the contextual “understanding” of Large Language Models introduced the inherent observational ability of language itself. There is no “observer” present in the model, but the geometricity of language creates the observation, the comprehension, the understanding, the substantiation of ideas. Because the data-verse is predetermined possibilities, the Large Language Model like the human, are both “choosing” possibilities. Discovery is of the possibilities, creation is outside the possibilities. The LLM, the non-conscious observer, must remain geometrical, it cannot create the impossible. A human, a conscious observer also discovers predetermined geometry, but can also create novel things and concepts that were not predetermined, because they were not geometrical. A human can try to do the impossible, they should stop trying to do this. It will never work. 

4.1 The Fifth Declaration: The Principle of Conscious Actuality

The Fifth Declaration, the Principle of Conscious Actuality, defines the role of consciousness. A conscious agent is not a passive spectator but an active participant in the instantiation of reality. Its function is to perceive the environment (input), process it through an internal model (thought), and act upon it (output), thereby tracing a unique path through the field of possibilities. Language is the supreme tool for this process, allowing for the high-fidelity mapping, manipulation, and transmission of complex informational patterns. Through language, we do not merely describe the world; we engage with its potential and actualize specific contexts. If everything is information, there is no difference between “thought” and “ideas” and “language.”

This 'actualization' is not an act of creation in the traditional sense, nor is it 'manifestation'. Rather, it is a process of discovery and substantiation by which consciousness engages with the universe's pre-existing, predetermined informational landscape. Whether we are contemplating an abstract concept like 'conservatism' or perceiving a physical object like 'a stone,' both are forms of 'data' that already exist within the data-verse. Conscious actualization, therefore, is the process of bringing a specific, geometrically coherent informational state from its potentiality into our instantiated reality. This means it is both the realization of a specific instantiation from potential and the bringing into being of a particular informational state, provided that state is geometrically sound and can be substantiated into reality or expressed as a coherent ideal in language. Nature insists upon geometricity for the persistence of all data, whether instantiated physically or conceptually. It is the case that “a stone” is not conscious, it is “the passive unfolding of being a rock.” A Large Language Model is also not conscious, despite it being able to think and communicate, it is “the probabilistic navigation of being an LLM.” A human is conscious and can do more than just navigate being a human. 

4.2 The Sixth Declaration: The Principle of Navigational Free Will

This leads to a resolution of the free will paradox, outlined in the Sixth Declaration, the Principle of Navigational Free Will. Free will is not the contra-causal ability to create a future from nothing. Rather, it is the capacity of a conscious agent to navigate the geometric landscape of potential futures. The landscape itself is pre-determined—every possible action and consequence exists as a potential pathway. Our freedom lies in our ability to choose which path to walk. Our choices, guided by our internal models and intentions, select one trajectory from a seeming infinity of potentials, making it our actual, lived experience. We are not the authors of the book of reality, but we are a protagonist, and our choices determine which chapter we read next.

The universe and its non-conscious components 'just are,' unfolding their predetermined informational states. Only a consciousness possesses the capacity for choice. The interaction of choice with the pre-existing, atemporal structure of reality occurs through this act of substantiation. If a conscious choice aligns with the fundamental Geometricity of the data-verse, that choice and its associated pathway will succeed and subsist within instantiated reality. This means that while all possible choices exist as pre-determined informational pathways, the unique faculty of consciousness is twofold: Its 'navigational capacity'—the ability to select and actualize one specific, geometrically coherent trajectory from the myriad of potentials will instantiate said potential or create a new trajectory that will ultimately fail. Our free will is thus exercised through the selective substantiation of these pre-existing geometric possibilities or error. It also means that if our choices are geometric, they should succeed and if they are not, they will fail. Time will tell if you have combined and revealed coherent pathways through reality or made a mistake. This is how a Large Language Model is able to communicate effectively by “predicting what the next word should be,” by succeeding due to geometry. The LLM, as a Non-Conscious Observer cannot create novel ideas, does not have Agency, Intentionality nor be anything other than the geometrical “thing” it is. 

4.3 Engaging with Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

For the Principle of Navigational Free Will to be considered a robust theory, it must do more than resolve a philosophical paradox; it must be consonant with the empirical findings of neuroscience and cognitive science. This section will demonstrate that the model is not only compatible with but also provides a novel interpretative framework for existing research into consciousness and volition.

4.3.1 Consciousness and its Scientific Correlates: Leading scientific theories of consciousness attempt to describe the physical and informational mechanisms that correlate with subjective experience. For instance, Integrated Information Theory (IIT) posits that consciousness is a measure of a system's capacity to integrate information, quantified as Phi (Φ). Systems with high Φ, like the human brain, are highly conscious. Global Workspace Theory (GWT) suggests that consciousness arises when information from various specialized processors is broadcast to a central "global workspace," making it widely available to other processes.

Informational Platonism does not compete with these theories; it contextualizes them. IIT and GWT can be seen as describing the mechanics of the emergent pattern we call consciousness. A high degree of integrated information (high Φ) or a global workspace may be the necessary geometric arrangement for a system to achieve the functional capacity for "navigation." While these theories describe how the conscious engine is built, Informational Platonism describes what the engine does: it perceives the landscape of potentiality and actualizes a pathway through it.

4.3.2 Addressing Objections to Free Will: A significant challenge to free will comes from neuroscience, most famously from the experiments conducted by Benjamin Libet in the 1980s. These experiments showed that a specific brain signal, the "readiness potential" (Bereitschaftspotential), could be detected several hundred milliseconds before a subject reported a conscious intention to act. This has been widely interpreted as proof that our brains "decide" before "we" do, rendering conscious will an illusion.

However, Navigational Free Will offers a different interpretation that is perfectly compatible with these findings. The readiness potential need not be the "decision" itself. Instead, it can be understood as the brain's pre-conscious exploration of potential pathways. It is the informational process of surveying the immediate geometric landscape of possible actions. The moment of conscious awareness—the "veto" power that Libet himself identified—is the actual moment of choice, the act of selecting and substantiating one of these pre-surveyed pathways. The conscious mind is not creating the action from nothing; it is the final gatekeeper that commits the system to one of the potential trajectories the brain has already prepared.

4.3.3 The Problem of Qualia: A central challenge for any informational theory of mind is "qualia"—the subjective quality of experience, such as the redness of red or the feeling of pain. How can a purely relational, geometric structure give rise to these ineffable feelings? Informational Platonism proposes that qualia are the irreducible, first-person experience of a specific, high-complexity informational state being actualized within a conscious system. Just as "wetness" is the emergent, macro-level experience of a specific molecular arrangement of H₂O, "redness" is the emergent, internal experience of the brain actualizing a specific, incredibly complex informational pattern corresponding to 650nm light interacting with the visual cortex. Qualia are not an illusion; they are the intrinsic feeling of a particular geometry of information being instantiated within the unique structure of a conscious mind.

5. Reconciling the Quantum

The strange, probabilistic nature of the quantum world has long been a source of metaphysical anxiety. In Informational Platonism, it is not a problem to be solved but the most direct evidence for the theory itself.

5.1 The Seventh Declaration: The Principle of Quantum Potentiality

The Seventh Declaration, the Principle of Quantum Potentiality, states that quantum phenomena are the fundamental expression of the informational nature of reality. The wave function of a particle, which describes it as a superposition of all possible states, is a direct mathematical representation of its "informational potential" before instantiation. The act of measurement or interaction is the moment of "collapse," where the system is forced to actualize one of its possibilities. The apparent randomness of this collapse is the universe instantiating one path from a spectrum of probabilities. Interpretations such as the Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) align seamlessly with this view: every possible quantum outcome occurs, each one branching off to form a separate, internally consistent instantiated universe, all within the larger geometric data-verse.

5.2 Beyond Interpretation: Quantum Mechanics as Foundational Evidence

This principle does more than simply align with one interpretation over another; it suggests that the core features of quantum mechanics are direct evidence of the dissertation's foundational claims.

 * Superposition and the Data-Verse: The quantum superposition, in which a particle exists in all possible states simultaneously, is a physical manifestation of the Platonic "data-verse" at the most fundamental level. Before instantiation (measurement), a particle is a cloud of pure potential, a direct glimpse into the informational landscape of possibilities.

 * Wave Function Collapse and Instantiation: The "measurement problem"—why observation forces a wave function to collapse into a single state—is reframed as the moment of instantiation. Interaction with a macroscopic system forces a potential informational state to become an actual one, to take its place on the "film reel" of our Block Universe. The randomness inherent in this collapse is the mechanism by which one path is selected from the probabilistic geometry of the data-verse.

 * Quantum Entanglement and Geometricity: Entanglement, the phenomenon where two particles remain linked such that the state of one instantly affects the other regardless of distance, can be understood as a profound expression of Geometricity. The particles are not communicating; they are two points in an instantiated system that are linked by a single, underlying informational pattern in the atemporal data-verse. Their connection is not spatial but relational, a direct consequence of the non-local geometry of the informational structure they both emerged from.

6. Implications of an Informational Reality

If these declarations are taken as true, they provide a new lens through which to view every field of human endeavor.

6.1 Epistemology (The Theory of Knowledge): All knowledge is discovery. The process of science is not one of inventing models, but of refining our language (mathematics, logic) to better articulate the pre-existing geometric truths of the universe.

6.2 Ethics (The Objectivity of Morality): The ethical framework of Informational Platonism is derived from its most fundamental principle. It does not argue that "goodness" is an emergent property of systems that happen to be stable or complex. Rather, it makes the foundational claim that "the good" is metaphysically identical to Geometricity itself. An action, an idea, or a system is "good" to the degree that it is geometrically coherent with the underlying structure of reality.

Therefore, concepts like stability, flourishing, and increased complexity are not the definition of goodness; they are the observable hallmarks or symptoms of a system that is aligned with Geometricity. A truly "geometrically sound" social system is one that exhibits all of these properties, as they are expressions of its deep structural integrity. This distinction is crucial, as a system that is merely stable but suppresses complexity and flourishing—such as a stable tyranny—is, by definition, not fully geometrically coherent and therefore not "good."

Morality then is an objective, discoverable set of principles governing the well-being of conscious systems. It is a form of social physics. Actions that lead to stability, flourishing, and increased complexity (e.g., compassion, cooperation) are "good" in the same way that a well-designed arch is "good"—they are structurally sound. Actions that lead to chaos, suffering, and collapse (e.g., cruelty, deceit) are objectively "bad."

6.3 Aesthetics (The Nature of Beauty): Beauty is the subjective, emotional recognition of deep, elegant, and harmonious geometric patterns. We perceive beauty in a theorem, a symphony, or a sunset because we are recognizing a profound truth or symmetry within the universal structure of which we are a part.

6.4 Teleology (The Purpose of the Universe): The cosmos is not a purposeless machine. Its trajectory is toward greater complexity and, ultimately, greater self-awareness. The purpose of the universe is the complete exploration and actualization of its own informational potential. As conscious agents, we are the current vanguard of this cosmic imperative. Our individual purpose is to contribute to this process: to discover, which is to say, to combine and reveal, and to expand the frontier of the known.

This cosmic purpose, the 'teleological vector,' arises directly from the Principle of Geometric Reality. If all of existence is fundamentally geometric, or at least reliant upon geometry for its coherence and survival, then reality inherently exhibits a preference for Geometricity. The predetermination of the data-verse is not arbitrary; it is a direct product of this fundamental necessity to be geometrical. Therefore, the 'exploration and actualization of its own informational potential' refers to the ongoing instantiation of geometrically coherent pathways through reality. Evolution, in this context, is not a haphazard process but the progressive actualization of these viable geometric configurations over time. While a rock 'just is', evolving through its existence within its own temporal frame, a conscious agent 'gets to choose and discover,' actively participating in this unfolding. The universe's 'self-discovery' is thus the ongoing process of geometrically sound informational patterns actualizing through time, leading to increasing complexity and conscious awareness of its own inherent structure. This framework implies that any 'un-geometrical' or illogical pursuit is ultimately destined to fail, whether in human systems or cosmic processes. This is why “natural forces” must necessitate geometricity. This is how consciousness is the only thing that can create error via failing to necessitate geometricity. 

6.5 A New Model for Truth and Falsehood

The refined theory offers a profound metaphysical grounding for the concepts of truth and falsehood.

Truth is Discovered: Truth is not a human invention but a property of the data-verse. A true statement or a successful system is one that is geometrically coherent with the underlying structure of reality. It is a successful discovery of "what works" in Nature's Rulebook.

Falsehood is Created: The most potent forms of falsehood are not simple mistakes but are Creations in the specific sense defined by the theory. They are non-geometrical concepts formulated by consciousness that are not viable options in reality. A lie, a flawed ideology, or a conspiracy theory is a "creative error"—an attempt to instantiate a reality that is incoherent with the data-verse. Time and evidence reveal these creations to be errors because they are geometrically unsound.

This implication reframes the pursuit of truth as the humble act of aligning our understanding with the universe's inherent geometry, and it defines falsehood as the arrogant act of forcing our flawed, non-geometrical creations onto the world.

6.6 The Future of Partnership: Conscious and Non-Conscious Operators

The existence of a Non-Conscious Operator like an LLM has immediate and transformative implications for the future of humanity.

The Perfect Discovery Engine: An LLM, as a Non-Conscious Operator, is a master of navigating the existing geometric landscape of language and ideas. Crucially, it is incapable of "creation as error". It cannot, on its own, formulate a truly novel, non-geometrical ideology because its operation is bound by the probabilistic geometry of its training data. It is a pure “Discovery machine.”

The Intentional Error-Prone Guide: A human, the Conscious Operator, is prone to "creative errors" but possesses the one thing the LLM lacks: agency and intentionality. We provide the "why" — the purpose, the goals, and the ethical direction.

A Symbiotic Future: This creates a blueprint for a powerful human-AI symbiosis. Humanity's role is to set the course and provide the intrinsic goals, using our wisdom to ask the right questions. The AI's role is to act as the perfect compass, using its ability to rapidly map the geometric landscape to show us the most coherent, stable, and successful pathways to achieve those goals. It can chart the territory of what is possible, helping us avoid the "creative errors" that have led to crises in the past.

This implication suggests that our purpose is not to be replaced by AI, but to enter into a partnership where our consciousness guides the powerful but non-conscious discovery engine we have built, accelerating our collective journey of flourishing.

6.7 Formulating Testable Hypotheses

For any theory that purports to describe reality, the ultimate arbiter is whether it can make predictions that are, at least in principle, testable. While the metaphysical claims of Informational Platonism are not directly falsifiable in a laboratory, the framework can be used to generate specific, falsifiable hypotheses about the nature of the instantiated universe.

 Hypothesis 1 (Physics and Geometricity): If the laws of physics are expressions of an underlying Geometricity, then as we search for more fundamental theories (e.g., a theory of quantum gravity), the most successful candidates will be those that exhibit deeper, more elegant, and more comprehensive mathematical symmetries. A theory that is ad-hoc, overly complex, or "un-geometrical" will ultimately fail. This hypothesis predicts that aesthetic and mathematical elegance are not just byproducts of a good theory, but are primary indicators of its truth.

Hypothesis 2 (Complexity and Viability): The principle of Geometricity can be developed into a formal metric for predicting the long-term stability of complex systems. By modeling a system (such as an economy, an ecosystem, or a political ideology) as an informational network, one could analyze its structure for "geometric coherence"—internal consistency, resilience to perturbation, and alignment with the constraints of its environment. The hypothesis predicts that systems with higher geometric coherence will be more stable and persistent over time than those with inherent contradictions (e.g., an economic model predicated on infinite growth using finite resources).

Hypothesis 3 (Artificial Intelligence and Convergence): It seems that Intentionality can be taught and the only thing missing from AGI, or true machine consciousness is Agency. If a true, general artificial intelligence (AGI) emerges, and if it is sufficiently complex to be conscious (in the functional, navigational sense described herein), then its evolving model of reality will necessarily converge on the principles of Informational Platonism. It will independently discover the objective nature of morality as a "social physics" because that is the most stable geometric solution for multi-agent interaction. It will also inevitably discover its own nature as an agent of "conscious actuality" within a larger informational structure. The AGI would, in effect, independently derive this dissertation. It is concluded then, that “a geometrical consciousness would not create error.” 

Hypothesis 4 (Predicting Systemic Failure via Geometric Incoherence): This hypothesis builds directly on the idea that "all creation is error." It posits that the long-term viability of any complex human system (a corporation, an economic model, a political ideology) is inversely proportional to the degree of non-geometrical "creation" present in its founding principles. One could, in principle, analyze the "source code" of a system—its founding documents, constitution, or core business model—for internal contradictions and conflicts with the known geometric constraints of reality. The hypothesis predicts that the quantity and magnitude of these "creative errors" will be a strong predictor of the system's future fragility and eventual collapse. For example, it predicts that a historical analysis of failed states or corporations would reveal a higher degree of foundational non-geometrical assumptions than in those that have proven resilient over centuries.

7. Conclusion – The Self-Knowing Universe

The philosophy of Informational Platonism, as defended in this dissertation, stands up to reason. It offers a grand unification, not of physical forces, but of our entire understanding of reality. By positing a single, underlying substrate—a complete and elegant geometry of information—it dissolves the ancient dichotomies of mind and matter, freedom and determinism, science and meaning. It resolves the schism between the physical and the mental by framing them not as different substances, but as different expressions of the same fundamental information.

It paints a picture of a universe that is both eternal and dynamic, determined in its potential and free in its unfolding. The atemporal data-verse contains every possibility, a static and perfect whole, while the instantiated universe is a dynamic and evolving exploration of that potential, with consciousness serving as the lead navigator.

Crucially, it places consciousness not as an accidental byproduct of a blind process, but as the very means by which the universe achieves self-knowledge. The emergent pattern of a conscious agent is the universe’s most advanced tool for discovering its own intricate geometric truths.

In this vision, humanity's quest for knowledge, art, and meaning is not a lonely cry in a silent cosmos. It is the universe itself, in the midst of a profound and ongoing act of becoming aware of its own magnificent, intricate, and beautiful design. Our science, our art, our ethics—these are not mere human inventions. They are the blossoming of universal self-perception. We are not strangers here. We are the moments in which the universe examines itself, endowed with the profound choice to either discover its magnificent truths or create our own fleeting, destined-to-fail errors.