Does Quantum Mechanics Breed Larger, More Intricate Quantum Theories? The Case for Experience-Centric Quantum Theory and the Interactome of Quantum Theories
We pose and address the radical question of whether quantum mechanics, known for its firm internal structure and enormous empirical success, carries in itself the genomes of larger quantum theories that have higher internal intricacy and phenomenological versatility. In other words, we consider, at...
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| description | We pose and address the radical question of whether quantum mechanics, known for its firm internal structure and enormous empirical success, carries in itself the genomes of larger quantum theories that have higher internal intricacy and phenomenological versatility. In other words, we consider, at the basic level of closed quantum systems and regardless of interpretational aspects, whether standard quantum theory (SQT) harbors quantum theories with context-based deformed principles or structures, having definite predictive power within much broader scopes. We answer this question in the affirmative following complementary evidence and reasoning arising from quantum-computation-based quantum simulation and fundamental, general, and abstract rationales within the frameworks of information theory, fundamental or functional emergence, and participatory agency. In this light, as we show, one is led to the recently proposed <i>experience-centric quantum theory</i> (ECQT), which is a larger and richer theory of quantum behaviors with drastically generalized quantum dynamics. ECQT allows the quantum information of the closed quantum system’s developed state history to continually contribute to defining and updating the many-body interactions, the Hamiltonians, and even the internal elements and “particles” of the total system. Hence, the unitary evolutions are continually impacted and become guidable by the agent system’s <i>experience</i>. The intrinsic interplay of unitarity and non-Markovianity in ECQT brings about a host of diverse behavioral phases, which concurrently infuse closed and open quantum system characteristics, and it even surpasses the theory of open systems in SQT. From a broader perspective, a focus of our investigation is the existence of the <i>quantum interactome</i>—the interactive landscape of all coexisting, independent, <i>context-based</i> quantum theories that emerge from inferential participatory agencies—and its predictive phenomenological utility. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-68261cfbe2054466a433e61d11e336822025-08-20T01:56:39ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972025-05-0111516210.3390/universe11050162Does Quantum Mechanics Breed Larger, More Intricate Quantum Theories? The Case for Experience-Centric Quantum Theory and the Interactome of Quantum TheoriesAlireza Tavanfar0Sahar Alipour1Ali T. Rezakhani2Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, 1400-038 Lisbon, PortugalQTF Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Espoo, FinlandDepartment of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 14588, IranWe pose and address the radical question of whether quantum mechanics, known for its firm internal structure and enormous empirical success, carries in itself the genomes of larger quantum theories that have higher internal intricacy and phenomenological versatility. In other words, we consider, at the basic level of closed quantum systems and regardless of interpretational aspects, whether standard quantum theory (SQT) harbors quantum theories with context-based deformed principles or structures, having definite predictive power within much broader scopes. We answer this question in the affirmative following complementary evidence and reasoning arising from quantum-computation-based quantum simulation and fundamental, general, and abstract rationales within the frameworks of information theory, fundamental or functional emergence, and participatory agency. In this light, as we show, one is led to the recently proposed <i>experience-centric quantum theory</i> (ECQT), which is a larger and richer theory of quantum behaviors with drastically generalized quantum dynamics. ECQT allows the quantum information of the closed quantum system’s developed state history to continually contribute to defining and updating the many-body interactions, the Hamiltonians, and even the internal elements and “particles” of the total system. Hence, the unitary evolutions are continually impacted and become guidable by the agent system’s <i>experience</i>. The intrinsic interplay of unitarity and non-Markovianity in ECQT brings about a host of diverse behavioral phases, which concurrently infuse closed and open quantum system characteristics, and it even surpasses the theory of open systems in SQT. From a broader perspective, a focus of our investigation is the existence of the <i>quantum interactome</i>—the interactive landscape of all coexisting, independent, <i>context-based</i> quantum theories that emerge from inferential participatory agencies—and its predictive phenomenological utility.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/11/5/162emergent quantum behaviors beyond quantum mechanicsexperience-centric quantum theorynon-Markovian unitary evolutionsquantum simulationquantum landscape |
| spellingShingle | Alireza Tavanfar Sahar Alipour Ali T. Rezakhani Does Quantum Mechanics Breed Larger, More Intricate Quantum Theories? The Case for Experience-Centric Quantum Theory and the Interactome of Quantum Theories Universe emergent quantum behaviors beyond quantum mechanics experience-centric quantum theory non-Markovian unitary evolutions quantum simulation quantum landscape |
| title | Does Quantum Mechanics Breed Larger, More Intricate Quantum Theories? The Case for Experience-Centric Quantum Theory and the Interactome of Quantum Theories |
| title_full | Does Quantum Mechanics Breed Larger, More Intricate Quantum Theories? The Case for Experience-Centric Quantum Theory and the Interactome of Quantum Theories |
| title_fullStr | Does Quantum Mechanics Breed Larger, More Intricate Quantum Theories? The Case for Experience-Centric Quantum Theory and the Interactome of Quantum Theories |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does Quantum Mechanics Breed Larger, More Intricate Quantum Theories? The Case for Experience-Centric Quantum Theory and the Interactome of Quantum Theories |
| title_short | Does Quantum Mechanics Breed Larger, More Intricate Quantum Theories? The Case for Experience-Centric Quantum Theory and the Interactome of Quantum Theories |
| title_sort | does quantum mechanics breed larger more intricate quantum theories the case for experience centric quantum theory and the interactome of quantum theories |
| topic | emergent quantum behaviors beyond quantum mechanics experience-centric quantum theory non-Markovian unitary evolutions quantum simulation quantum landscape |
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