Virtual Machines in a Physical Substrate: The Thermodynamic Cost of False Information and Systemic Lag (MetaTime v35.6.2 — Technical Annex / Research Note)
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| author | Peyru, Dario |
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| contents | <p>Weformalize “truth” and “false information” as computational states of a physical system operating<br>under the MetaTime Principle of Computational Action Minimization (PCAM) [? ]. In this framing,<br>truth corresponds to bare-metal execution: an internal model that matches the system’s causal state,<br>enabling maximal compressibility (algorithmic description length) [? ? ] and minimal corrective work.<br>False information corresponds to a nested simulation: an internally maintained virtual machine (VM)<br>whose state must remain consistent both with the host reality and with the fabricated narrative,<br>requiring persistent exception-handling, memory residency, and synchronization overhead. We<br>propose that sustained false information induces an effective “inertial mass” in the information<br>processing dynamics of the node, manifesting as systemic lag, elevated metabolic/energetic dissipation,<br>and reduced predictive efficiency. We introduce a toy “decompression bomb” case study: a small,<br>high-level claim that expands into explosive bookkeeping requirements when validated against the<br>base system, forcing PCAM-driven termination mechanisms (“kill processes”) to reclaim bounded<br>resources. The result is a cold, non-moral conservation statement: honesty is thermodynamic<br>streamlining; lying is flow drag</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Virtual Machines in a Physical Substrate: The Thermodynamic Cost of False Information and Systemic Lag (MetaTime v35.6.2 — Technical Annex / Research Note) Peyru, Dario Thermodynamics of Information; Computational Action Minimization (PCAM); Virtual Machines; Kolmogorov Complexity; Entropic Debt; Information Inertia; Decompression Bomb; Systemic Lag; Socio-physics; MetaTime <p>Weformalize “truth” and “false information” as computational states of a physical system operating<br>under the MetaTime Principle of Computational Action Minimization (PCAM) [? ]. In this framing,<br>truth corresponds to bare-metal execution: an internal model that matches the system’s causal state,<br>enabling maximal compressibility (algorithmic description length) [? ? ] and minimal corrective work.<br>False information corresponds to a nested simulation: an internally maintained virtual machine (VM)<br>whose state must remain consistent both with the host reality and with the fabricated narrative,<br>requiring persistent exception-handling, memory residency, and synchronization overhead. We<br>propose that sustained false information induces an effective “inertial mass” in the information<br>processing dynamics of the node, manifesting as systemic lag, elevated metabolic/energetic dissipation,<br>and reduced predictive efficiency. We introduce a toy “decompression bomb” case study: a small,<br>high-level claim that expands into explosive bookkeeping requirements when validated against the<br>base system, forcing PCAM-driven termination mechanisms (“kill processes”) to reclaim bounded<br>resources. The result is a cold, non-moral conservation statement: honesty is thermodynamic<br>streamlining; lying is flow drag</p> |
| title | Virtual Machines in a Physical Substrate: The Thermodynamic Cost of False Information and Systemic Lag (MetaTime v35.6.2 — Technical Annex / Research Note) |
| topic | Thermodynamics of Information; Computational Action Minimization (PCAM); Virtual Machines; Kolmogorov Complexity; Entropic Debt; Information Inertia; Decompression Bomb; Systemic Lag; Socio-physics; MetaTime |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18363800 |