Experts Believe Information is the 5th Form of Matter
If true, then we need a whole new version of physics to explore it
Good Golly. I don’t know if it’s because I’ve taken more interest in science over the last few years, but it seems that the scientific community is on a hot streak. Busting old theories, proposing new ones, and turning everything we thought we knew on its head.
Just a few weeks ago, we learned there’s a definite possibility that the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning of everything. Around the same time, our concept of what Spacetime is was shattered. Now scientists are at it again. We were taught that solid, liquid, gas, and plasma are the only forms of matter in our universe. Well, according to recent hypotheses, information should be added to the list as the 5th form of matter.
Excuse Me, What Now?
I know. Initially, information being the 5th form of matter seems a bit wacky. Plenty of scientists agree with you and are also skeptical of the idea. How could information possibly exist as mass the way solid, liquid, gas, and plasma do? Though, after a closer look, it might not be as crazy as it seems.
The entire idea isn’t even new. See, for the concept to work, there must be a way to measure information. Which doesn’t seem so nuts…
