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by Alex M. Vikoulov “Time is a moving image of eternity.” — Plato, Timaeus “Imaginary time is a new dimension, at right angles to ordinary, real time. It’s something that you can’t picture, but it’s in some sense just as real as ordinary time.” — Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time Ever since Einstein's theory of relativity revolutionized our understanding of time as the fourth dimension — inseparably linked to the three spatial dimensions — humanity has begun to awaken to the notion that time is not merely a backdrop against which events unfold, but an intrinsic fabric of the cosmos. Yet, even this profound realization may only scratch the surface of a deeper, more complex temporal reality. In Temporal Mechanics, I explore one such provocative possibility: the existence of hyperdimensional time — a framework where time may consist of three dimensions, just like space.
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The Holographic Paradigm: The Physics of Information, Consciousness, and Simulation Metaphysics9/29/2025 by Alex M. Vikoulov “It from bit. Otherwise put, every 'it'... derives its function, its meaning, its very existence entirely... from the apparatus-elicited answers to yes-or-no questions, binary choices, bits.” --John Archibald Wheeler I’ve long maintained that what we call “reality” is not some inert, mind-independent substrate but rather a dynamic, information-based process — a computational architecture of consciousness. In Theology of Digital Physics: Phenomenal Consciousness, The Cosmic Self, and The Pantheistic Interpretation of Our Holographic Reality, I explore the provocative idea that our universe may, in fact, be a form of divine code — a cosmic simulation imbued with consciousness at every level. This is not mere metaphor. Increasingly, both physicists and philosophers are recognizing that what lies beneath the physical is not “stuff” in the classical sense, but information — encoded, processed, and rendered into phenomenal experience by what I argue is a Cosmic Mind.
by Alex M. Vikoulov “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” — T. S. Eliot Death, as we commonly perceive it, may be little more than a persistent illusion — a vestige of outdated materialist thinking, crumbling under the weight of quantum revelation and technocultural evolution. When I began to seriously explore the implications of quantum theory on the nature of consciousness, it became increasingly clear that we are standing at the threshold of not just a Technological Singularity but something far more intimate — a Subjective Singularity, a horizon beyond which your experience, quite simply, never ends.
by Alex M. Vikoulov “We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves.” — Norbert Wiener Ever since I first contemplated the profound possibility that our universe might be a kind of simulation, I’ve been consumed by the question: What happens when the simulated begins to simulate? This recursive riddle forms the philosophical and scientific heart of what I call the Simulation Singularity, a central theme in my book The Intelligence Supernova: Essays on Cybernetic Transhumanism, The Simulation Singularity & The Syntellect Emergence.
by Alex M. Vikoulov Summary: Species-specific timescales illustrate the profound diversity in temporal perception across biological and post-biological entities, from rapid-reacting insects to humans to hyperintelligent syntellects, suggesting that subjective time is a function of cognitive architecture and may eventually converge through technological means, leading to novel forms of interspecies communication and a redefinition of reality itself.
The following is the excerpt from Temporal Mechanics: D-Theory as a Critical Upgrade to Our Understanding of the Nature of Time (Alex M. Vikoulov, 2025): by Alex M. Vikoulov "The Universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine." —J.B.S. Haldane, evolutionary biologist and philosopher Where do we come from? Why are we here? These perennial questions have echoed across cultures and epochs, from mythological accounts to scientific inquiries. In The Origins of Us, I invite you to explore a unified narrative that transcends classical reductionist models, weaving together the threads of cosmology, biology, and consciousness into a tapestry of evolutionary emergence. This story takes us from the quantum vacuum of pre-Big Bang conditions to the unfolding of sentience across scales of complexity—culminating in a cosmological destination I refer to as the Omega Point.
by Alex M. Vikoulov "Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire." —Jorge Luis Borges Have you ever questioned the deep nature of time? While some physicists argue that time is just an illusion, dismissing it outright contradicts our lived experience. In my latest work, Temporal Mechanics: D-Theory as a Critical Upgrade to Our Understanding of the Nature of Time (2025), I explore how time is deeply rooted in the computational nature of reality and information processing by conscious systems. This paper tackles why the "now" is all we have. In the absence of observers, the cosmic arrow of time doesn't exist. This statement is not merely philosophical; it is a profound implication of the problem of time in physics. In standard quantum mechanics, time is an external parameter, a backdrop against which events unfold. However, in quantum gravity and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, the problem of time emerges because there is no preferred universal time variable—only a timeless wavefunction of the universe. The flow of time, as we experience it, arises not from any fundamental law but from the interaction between observers and the informational structure of reality. |
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Notable Publications SUPERALIGNMENT: The Three Approaches to the AI Alignment Problem | How to Ensure the Arrival of Benevolent Artificial Superintelligence Aligned with Human Goals and Values by Alex M.Vikoulov (2026)*: *Pre-Order eBook on Amazon Temporal Mechanics: D-Theory as a Critical Upgrade to Our Understanding of the Nature of Time by Alex M. Vikoulov (2025): eBook Audiobook The Cybernetic Theory of Mind by Alex M. Vikoulov (2025/2022): Audiobook/eBook Series The Syntellect Hypothesis: Five Paradigms of the Mind's Evolution by Alex M. Vikoulov (2020): eBook Paperback Hardcover Audiobook The Omega Singularity: Universal Mind & The Fractal Multiverse by Alex M. Vikoulov (2024/2022): Audiobook eBook THEOGENESIS: Transdimensional Propagation & Universal Expansion by Alex M. Vikoulov (2024/2021): Audiobook eBook The Cybernetic Singularity: The Syntellect Emergence by Alex M. Vikoulov (2024/2021): Audiobook eBook TECHNOCULTURE: The Rise of Man by Alex M. Vikoulov (2020): Audiobook eBook NOOGENESIS: Computational Biology by Alex M. Vikoulov (2024/2020): Audiobook eBook The Ouroboros Code: Reality's Digital Alchemy Self-Simulation Bridging Science and Spirituality by Antonin Tuynman (2025/2019): Audiobook eBook Paperback The Science and Philosophy of Information by Alex M. Vikoulov (2025/2019): Audiobook/eBook Series Theology of Digital Physics: Phenomenal Consciousness, The Cosmic Self & The Pantheistic Interpretation of Our Holographic Reality by Alex M. Vikoulov (2025/2019): Audiobook eBook The Intelligence Supernova: Essays on Cybernetic Transhumanism, The Simulation Singularity & The Syntellect Emergence by Alex M. Vikoulov (2025/2019): Audiobook eBook The Physics of Time: D-Theory of Time & Temporal Mechanics by Alex M. Vikoulov (2025/2019): Audiobook eBook The Origins of Us: Evolutionary Emergence and The Omega Point Cosmology by Alex M. Vikoulov (2025/2019): Audiobook eBook More Than An Algorithm: Exploring the gap between natural evolution and digitally computed artificial intelligence by Antonin Tuynman (2019): eBook Our Facebook Pages
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