Abstract
John Archibald (JA) Wheeler’s “It from Bit” is a form of metaphysics attempting to use information system theory as an ontology to describe Bohr’s quantum phenomenology. This paper revels in the insanity caused by humans seeking to understand foundational issues. It offers a fair overview of JA’s “Its from Bits.” It builds a realistic model that addresses the major unresolved issue raised by JA himself: The continuous nature of the natural number system as opposed to the quantum discreteness of space and time. It concludes that classical mathematics, including binary information, may be a spurious basis for understanding existence. Dimensions must be taken as real in their own right. This article uses an alien commentator as a rhetorical device for entertainment and to aid comprehension. Perhaps humans will be less offended if it is an alien critiquing their cherished beliefs rather than a fellow human.
Darrell R. Poeppelmeyer