Here’s my crack at reverse engineering the Universe from the ground up…
- Existence – Nothingness is impossible, therefore only existence is. We exist.
- Change – Everything has always existed, it simply changes.
- Time – Time, change, and motion are the same thing – the transformation of space.
- Determinism – The Universe, although causal, is fundamentally indeterministic.
- Complexity – The Universe is complex because we’re fallible. It’s impossible to completely eliminate fallibility because of premise four. Therefore, a minimum uncertainty will always exist.
- Entropy – Unless we can achieve FTL, bypass the laws of thermodynamics, or slow down the expansion of our Universe, our species will eventually encounter a physically unavoidable heat death.
- Quanta of Consciousness – Consciousness is quantum, and therefore finitely divisible, and therefore replicable.
- Randomness – Causality prohibits true randomness while the uncertainty principle enforces our perception of it.