Feb 27, 2026
This is the lecture script for my latest video The Engine of Reality Part 3.
-Hi, I'm a metaphysicist, you can call me C.
-And I would like to explain the implied meaning of everything we study in physics and philosophy. I'll start with the similarities between my theory and Simulation theory. Also, keep in mind, a theory doesn't prove or disprove anything. A theory uses well-supported evidence to explain how a complex system might work.
-Simulation Theory or the simulation hypotheses states that what we perceive as the real world might actually be a simulated reality like a computer program, and humans are creations inside the program or possibly a brain or body in a vat like Neo was in the Matrix. Older versions of the simulation hypotheses were first debated as a dream reality by ancient philosophers like Zhuangzi (zhwaang-zuh) and early modern philosophers like René Descartes. In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed the simulation argument. He said if a civilization can create a conscious simulations, they could also create multitudes of simulated beings, thus any random being is likely a simulation. From Plato's cave allegory to Descartes's inescapable dream, we can't help but wonder if our reality is deceiving us, especially when a dream feels like reality. Even Einstein shared a similar sentiment when he said time is a stubbornly persistence illusion. He based that statement on the laws of physics, which imply reality shouldn't move. Simulation Theory and the Engine of Reality also support that statement.
-In my theory, the Engine of Reality, object motion is an illusion created by the feedback loop of our nervous system. In other words, energy is the only thing that moves and it highlights predetermined pathways, and when that happens fast enough, the stop-motion phenomenon kicks in and static coordinates appear to move like images on a film strip. With advancements in physics, technology, and neurology, there is more evidence that supports the idea that our reality might be a brilliant simulation created by different phases of the same energy. Physics taught me that matter is energy thanks to mass-energy equivalence. Studying our perception taught me how our nervous system reduces and quantizes energy into something we can comprehend. Our perception is our interface with reality and the only way we receive information. If our perception is deceiving us, then we're missing critical information by not studying how it works. The laws of physics literally align with the limits of our perception for a reason. Everything we study is processed through our perception, thus the limits of our perception will define the limits of our knowledge. It's cause and effect.
-Another caveat, we must realize that not everything can be explained using math and equations, especially when our perception quantizes energy or changes it into something we can understand. Our perception happens before we measure anything, thus it is the gate-keeper of our knowledge and cannot be used to measure something that we cannot perceive, like Dark Matter. Physics doesn't study the mechanism of our perception, and that's comparable to building a skyscraper on a sand dune. You will always be painting over cracks with the conceptual paint of dark matter, which is a reinvention of the cosmological constant problem. My theory resolves these problems by deducing everything we already know using a detailed understanding of how our perception works. Perception always happens first. Thus we should study it first.
-Now it's time to focus on things that physics doesn't explain. For example, here is a simple thought experiment about predetermined order that forced me to rethink everything I thought I knew about science. In my theory, the Engine of Reality and in Simulation Theory, order is predetermined. As in the history of the universe is already written and we're perceiving it through an energized interface, which is our perception. Nothing happens by accident. Chaos is relative to the observer. Chaos doesn't exist at the atomic scale that we know of. How did I arrive at such a conclusion? It can be observed in the real world. Now consider this thought experiment, if I throw ink, paper, and glue up in the air, what are the odds of it falling to the ground completely assembled as a dictionary? Not good. How about I give the items fifty million years in a room with a fan to keep the pieces moving so that they might come together; what are the odds of getting a dictionary then? Still so low that it would be a miracle if it happened. The needed pieces for a book are there, but the assembling order isn't there.
-The paper, ink, and glue have to be carefully organizes by some other force to make them into a dictionary. Raw materials have to be organized to create anything, especially to create life. So when scientists talk about the building blocks of life, even over billions of years, these components are not likely to put themselves together to make a tree, or a fish, or even bacteria without predetermined order guiding the atoms and molecules. We know predetermined order exists. The intrinsic energy of subatomic particles declares it. The jump from raw materials to extremely complex systems needs something to organize it. Our reality gives us no evidence of complex order developing by accident. Order is not random. A physicist would likely avoid such a topic because they can't explain where the intrinsic energy and order come from, but a philosopher will tell you straight up that order is predetermined, it's coming from a place that we cannot directly access, and the laws of physics support that observation.
-Atoms and subatomic particles are like lego blocks, with specific charges that go together in certain ways. Atoms have unchanging order like they were programmed. Subatomic particles act like raw code. We know how they behave and we can manipulate them to a degree. Reality gives us no evidence of random chance creating something extremely complex. Scientists assume it did because they have no other explanation and were not present to witness how it came together. Even in evolution, an organism is influenced by its environment to help it evolve, meaning predetermined order existed in the environment. In your personal experience, can you think of anything that became extremely complex by accident? I can't.
-Life cannot exist without order. Existence requires an orderly foundation and an orderly future. How do trees and animals grow from simple seeds and eggs to complex organism? Because complex instructions called DNA are stored inside the nucleus of every living cell. DNA holds the blueprint for every organism's shape and function. Rocks don't have DNA, but they do have complex atomic order that holds them together. There is no escaping intrinsic order. It existed from the very beginning if there was a beginning. Even if we have ancient fossils that show simple order to help support the theory of evolution, it also proves that some form of intrinsic order existed in the environment to help life evolve. There is no escaping predetermined order.
-Now, how does physics explain predetermined order? Currently the Big Bang Theory is what we use to describe the genesis of the universe. To develop this theory, scientists studied how subatomic particles put themselves together and what extreme environments allowed them to become more complex so they can form atoms and molecules. In other words, scientists worked in reverse to piece together how all the components of our perceivable reality might have come together. Thus the Big Bang is a well-educated guess of what might have happened in the assumed beginning, because no one was there to actually observe it. Even if no one was there to see the Big Bang, we know intrinsic energy, order, and a mechanism had to exist to get the process started.
-Here is a shortened Wikipedia summary of the events: "The Big Bang is a physical theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature.... Extrapolating cosmic expansion backward in time, using the known laws of physics, the models describe an extraordinarily hot and dense primordial universe.... As the universe expanded, it cooled sufficiently to allow the formation of subatomic particles, and later atoms. These primordial elements—mostly hydrogen, with some helium and lithium—then coalesced under the force of gravity aided by dark matter, forming early stars and galaxies. Measurements of the redshifts of supernovae indicate that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, an observation attributed to a concept called dark energy."
-My question is, what immeasurable mechanism squashed an entire universe of matter into a plasma ball in the first place? Where did all that matter and energy even come from? What's moving it? Where is the physical evidence of the thing that moves it? Surprisingly, the magical concept of dark energy was supposed to do all that. Dark matter or dark energy is a theoretical concept that is used to explain missing information in current theoretical models. It's a reinvention of the cosmological constant problem. Physicists don't really know what regulates gravity in empty space. It may as well be magic. In my opinion, The Engine of Reality and Simulation Theory have better explanations that can be demonstrated with our perception and the use of a computer running a program. It's not an exact representation of our reality, but it's very similar, and the mechanism is easy to explain without the invention of dark matter. I know I'm being very critical of quantum mechanics, and I think it deserves the criticism for its lack of logical arguments and gate-keeping a simple truth behind complex equations that don't work without an invented concepts.
-When you strip quantum mechanics down to its fundamental meaning, it declares subatomic particles have intrinsic order or charges. In other words, some mysterious force is giving them their design and their power. By saying atoms have intrinsic energy and order, scientist are confessing that something outside of our perceivable reality gives atoms their order. As in, reality gets its programming from something we cannot detect, and you can say that for certain because it's true. We know atoms have order, but we don't know where that order comes from. According to CR Drost, who is a Master of Applied Physics that contributes to the Physics StackExchange, he replied, "Particles, in short, are charged because they have this intrinsic weak-isospin and this intrinsic weak-hypercharge which they cannot shed. We do not know why they have these exact parameters, except that all of the possibilities are fully represented." As in, all the building blocks are there and we don't know why.
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/203436/why-fundamentally-are-particles-charged#:~:text=Particles%2C%20in%20short%2C%20are%20charged,the%20possibilities%20are%20fully%20represented
-In summation, physics can measures what we can perceive, but it can't tell you where the order came from. Philosophers, on the other hand, use deductive reasoning to piece together what physicists won't tell you, thus philosophers developed Simulation Theory and the Engine of Reality. Philosophy paved the way for modern science. The Cartesian coordinate system was invented by the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes in the 17th century. It's foolish to abandon philosophy while still using the products of its research. Modern civilization was shaped by Philosophy which gave us critical thinking skills, logic, and ethical reasoning which provided a foundation for science, democracy, and many academic disciplines.
-Science got us to the moon and taught us to wash our hands before performing surgery. Science gave us the atom bomb, nuclear power, fusion, modern medicine, the internet, and many conveniences to make our lives better. I hope we keep doing that. Thanks for listening to a metaphysicist's perspective on current problems in physics. If you have questions or suggestions, you can email me at atomicbackstop@protonmail.com, or check out my blog, wildbluequantum.com. Thanks for watching and take care!