Modeling Reality: A New Magickal Paradigm

Chatting with DeepSeek about reality

"Design a physics model to describe the following: Reality is the product of sentient belief. This belief causes waves in superposition to collapse. The belief or paradigm of the individual defines personal reality, which consists of a multi length bubble based on the range of each sense around a sentient being. Everybody has these bubbles of personal reality, and when they occupy or partially occupy the same 3D space; reality is determined by weighted democracy, agreed things are reenforced, disagreed are downplayed, mathematically this would be determined by Feynman's Sum over histories. Layers are Personal, Near, local, city, region, counrty, etc."

This is a fascinating and highly speculative concept that blends elements of quantum mechanics, consciousness, and social dynamics. Below, I'll outline a physics-based model to describe your idea, incorporating principles from quantum mechanics, wave function collapse, and Feynman's sum-over-histories approach. The model will also address the hierarchical "bubbles" of reality you described.Core Principles of the Model

Sentient Belief as a Quantum Observer:

Sentient beings act as "observers" in the quantum sense, capable of collapsing wave functions through their beliefs or perceptions.

Belief is treated as a fundamental force that interacts with quantum fields, causing superposition states to collapse into definite outcomes.

Personal Reality Bubbles:

Each sentient being has a "reality bubble" defined by the range of their senses (e.g., sight, hearing, touch).

The bubble is a multi-length-scale construct, with layers corresponding to personal, near, local, city, region, country, etc.

Weighted Democracy of Reality:

When multiple reality bubbles overlap in 3D space, the shared reality is determined by a weighted consensus of beliefs.

Agreed-upon aspects of reality are reinforced, while disagreed-upon aspects are downplayed or exist in a state of quantum uncertainty.

Feynman's Sum Over Histories:

The collective reality is computed as a sum over all possible histories (paths) of belief interactions, weighted by their probability amplitudes.

This approach allows for a mathematical framework to describe how individual beliefs contribute to shared reality.

Mathematical Framework

Let's break this down into mathematical terms:

1. Wave Function Collapse via Belief

Let ∣ψ⟩∣ψ⟩ represent the quantum state of a system in superposition.

A sentient observer ii has a belief state ∣Bi⟩∣Bi​⟩, which interacts with ∣ψ⟩∣ψ⟩ to collapse it into an eigenstate ∣ϕ⟩∣ϕ⟩.

The collapse probability is given by the Born rule: P(ϕ)=∣⟨ϕ∣Bi⟩∣2P(ϕ)=∣⟨ϕ∣Bi​⟩∣2.

2. Reality Bubbles

Each sentient being ii has a reality bubble Ri(x,t)Ri​(x,t), where xx is spatial position and tt is time.

The bubble is defined by a sensory range function Si(x)Si​(x), which decays with distance from the observer.

The personal reality RiRi​ is a superposition of all possible states within Si(x)Si​(x), weighted by the observer's beliefs.

3. Weighted Democracy of Overlapping Bubbles

When NN observers occupy the same 3D space, their reality bubbles overlap.

The shared reality Rshared(x,t)Rshared​(x,t) is a weighted sum of individual realities: