A conceptual model linking information dynamics, time, and conscious processes (ICT Model)
I’ve been working on a compact conceptual framework—the ICT Model—that aims to connect information dynamics, temporal structure, and conscious processes using a minimal set of assumptions.
The central idea is that the rate of informational change (dI/dT) is a physically meaningful quantity. In this view:
Consciousness ≈ local dI/dT
Matter = stabilized information (I_fixed)
Energy = interaction between changing and fixed information
This gives a concise language for relating information theory, physics, phenomenology, and models of agency.
The model touches on topics often discussed here:
physical grounding of computation,
observer-dependence,
the arrow of time,
predictive processing / free energy,
ontology of information.
Core components:
1. dI/dT as the basis of conscious processes
2. I_fixed as persistent physical structure
3. Time as ordering emerging from informational updates
4. Energy as mismatch between informational gradients
A full preprint (with equations, phenomenology and testable criteria) is here:
A conceptual model linking information dynamics, time and conscious processes (ICT Model)
A conceptual model linking information dynamics, time, and conscious processes (ICT Model)
I’ve been working on a compact conceptual framework—the ICT Model—that aims to connect information dynamics, temporal structure, and conscious processes using a minimal set of assumptions.
The central idea is that the rate of informational change (dI/dT) is a physically meaningful quantity. In this view:
Consciousness ≈ local dI/dT
Matter = stabilized information (I_fixed)
Energy = interaction between changing and fixed information
This gives a concise language for relating information theory, physics, phenomenology, and models of agency.
The model touches on topics often discussed here:
physical grounding of computation,
observer-dependence,
the arrow of time,
predictive processing / free energy,
ontology of information.
Core components:
1. dI/dT as the basis of conscious processes
2. I_fixed as persistent physical structure
3. Time as ordering emerging from informational updates
4. Energy as mismatch between informational gradients
A full preprint (with equations, phenomenology and testable criteria) is here:
Discussion thread (Academia.edu)
https://www.academia.edu/s/8924eff666#comment_1478583
Preprint (open access)
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17584782
Feedback from people working in theoretical physics, information theory, philosophy of mind, or cognitive science would be very welcome.