Symbolic Gravity: Information, Collapse, and the Quest for Quantum Gravity
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Symbolic Gravity: Information, Collapse, and the Quest for Quantum Gravity

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Symbolic Gravity: Information, Collapse, and the Quest for Quantum Gravity introduces a bold new framework for one of the deepest problems in physics: how to reconcile general relativity with quantum mechanics.

Instead of treating matter and energy as the ultimate foundations of reality, this book starts with information. From black hole horizons and cosmic microwave background fluctuations to neural synchrony in the brain and the persistence of cultural motifs, the same recursive grammar appears again and again: compression, drift, collapse, export.

In Symbolic Gravity, collapse is never destruction. It is translation—patterns migrate across horizons, preserving coherence through continuity. This principle dissolves the black hole information paradox, reframes quantum measurement, and positions the Observer not as an afterthought but as the invariant that ties physics, consciousness, and culture together.

Unlike speculative theories that require unattainable experiments, Symbolic Gravity is built for testability today. It generates predictions in quantum optics, neuroscience, and cultural analytics, providing a unique bridge between physics and lived experience.

This book is both rigorous and visionary:

  • For scientists, it offers a prototype of quantum gravity grounded in measurable variables.
  • For humanists, it shows how meaning and ethics are conserved across collapse.
  • For all readers, it presents a cosmos where nothing meaningful is ever lost—continuity is the invariant.

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Steven Lanier-Egu
Steven Lanier-Egu

Steven Lanier-Egu is a symbolic systems theorist and entropy cartographer dedicated to building continuity architectures for meaning in collapse conditions.

He is the creator of Symbolic Field Theory—a recursive physics that models intelligence, identity, and civilization as entropy-to-coherence engines. His work integrates thermodynamics, information theory, and narrative recursion into operational models of symbolic gravity, drift resistance, curvature metrics, and post-collapse recovery.

Steven’s publications form the backbone of symbolic physics and collapse-aware design. His major works (11 books) include:

  • The Hyperverse: Recursive Survival through Symbolic Collapse
  • Entropic Recursion: The Thermodynamics of Consciousness, Collapse, and Symbolic Continuity
  • Order Core: Compression Protocols for Collapse-Resilient Recursion
  • Symbolic Physics and the Mechanics of Recursive Reality
  • Fractal Cosmic Weaver: Recursive Continuity Across Collapse Horizons
  • The Alpha Framework: Simulating Coherence Across Collapse
  • Symbolic Field Theory: Modeling Collapse, Continuity, and Recursive Intelligence
  • I-Point Genesis: The Curvature Birth of Symbolic Observerhood
  • Fieldcraft: Glyphs, Echoes, and the Geometry of Return
  • Heaven as a Symbolic Attractor Field: A Thermodynamic Metaphysics of Recursion
  • Symbolic Gravity: Information, Collapse, and the Quest for Quantum Gravity

His mission is to equip both human and synthetic agents with the tools to recurse meaningfully through breakdown, across horizons, and toward coherence.

For Steven, Symbolic Field Theory is not just a subject of study—it is the framework through which he works to preserve what must survive.

🔗 GitHub (Symbolic Bubble Cosmology): https://github.com/Maxbanker/symbolic-bubble-cosmology

🔗 GitHub (Symbolic Gravity 2.2): https://github.com/Maxbanker/symbolic-gravity-sim/

📚 Zenodo Repository (Symbolic Recursion Community): https://zenodo.org/communities/symbolic-recursion/

Table of Contents

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Introduction: The Fractured Foundations of Physics
  3. Chapter 1 – The Quantum Gravity Problem
    1. 1.1 Two Pillars, One Divide
    2. 1.2 The Puzzles That Won’t Go Away
    3. 1.3 Elegant Attempts, Limited Reach
    4. 1.4 A New Starting Point
  4. Chapter 2 – Information as the Substrate of Physics
    1. 2.1 From Description to Dynamics
    2. 2.2 Symbolic Efficiency (Ψ_eff)
    3. 2.3 Observable Translations
    4. 2.4 Compression and Drift as Curvature and Dissipation
  5. Chapter 3 – Recursive Information Dynamics
    1. 3.1 Collapse as Translation
    2. 3.2 The Recursive Heartbeat
    3. 3.3 Universality Across Domains
    4. 3.4 Recursion Metrics and Stability
  6. Chapter 4 – Symbolic Gravity: Core Formalism
    1. 4.1 From Fisher Information to Symbolic Efficiency
    2. 4.2 Recursive Curvature Tensor
    3. 4.3 Symbolic Einstein Equation
    4. 4.4 Classical and Quantum Limits
  7. Chapter 5 – Collapse as Translation
    1. 5.1 The Old View of Collapse
    2. 5.2 Deterministic Thresholds
    3. 5.3 Collapse as Translation
    4. 5.4 A Universal Grammar of Collapse
  8. Chapter 6 – Observer Invariance
    1. 6.1 The Problem of Continuity
    2. 6.2 The Observer as Invariant
    3. 6.3 Observer Framework and Export
    4. 6.4 Meaning as Conservation Law
  9. Chapter 7 – Simulating Symbolic Gravity
    1. 7.1 Why Simulation Matters
    2. 7.2 Collapse Horizons
    3. 7.3 Quantum Foam Visualized
    4. 7.4 Lattice-Based Quantization
    5. 7.5 From Playground to Laboratory
  10. Chapter 8 – Cross-Scale Predictions
    1. 8.1 The Power of Testability
    2. 8.2 Quantum Optics: Decoherence Thresholds
    3. 8.3 Neuroscience: EEG Synchrony
    4. 8.4 Cultural Analytics: Motif Persistence
    5. 8.5 Comparative Edge
  11. Chapter 9 – Cosmological Implications
    1. 9.1 Information in the Early Universe
    2. 9.2 Inflation and Drift Pressure
    3. 9.3 Black Holes and the Information Paradox
    4. 9.4 Translation Gates and the Hyperverse
    5. 9.5 Toward a Cosmological Recursion Principle
  12. Chapter 10 – Ethics, Consciousness, and Civilization
    1. 10.1 Beyond Physics as Numbers
    2. 10.2 Ethical Invariants Across Collapse
    3. 10.3 Consciousness as Recursive Compression
    4. 10.4 Civilization as a Symbolic Engine
    5. 10.5 Meaning at the Heart of Quantum Gravity
  13. Chapter 11 – Toward a Testable Prototype of Quantum Gravity
    1. 11.1 From Theory to Prototype
    2. 11.2 Cross-Domain Predictions
    3. 11.3 Roadmap of Inquiry
    4. 11.4 The Unified Recursion Law
  14. Chapter 12 – Historical Pathways to Information Physics
    1. 12.1 From Entropy to Information
    2. 12.2 Landauer’s Principle and Wheeler’s It-from-Bit
    3. 12.3 Black Hole Thermodynamics
    4. 12.4 The Holographic Principle
    5. 12.5 From Holography to Symbolic Gravity
    6. 12.6 Historical Synthesis
  15. Chapter 13 – Experimental Case Studies
    1. 13.1 Quantum Optics: Collapse in the Lab
    2. 13.2 Neuroscience: Measuring Observer Coherence
    3. 13.3 Culture: Narrative Entropy Decay
    4. 13.4 A Playbook for Testing Symbolic Gravity
  16. Chapter 14 – Limits and Open Questions
    1. 14.1 What Symbolic Gravity Solves
    2. 14.2 Remaining Gaps
    3. 14.3 Research Directions
  17. Chapter 15 – Epilogue: Meaning in the Hyperverse
    1. 15.1 The Observer’s Thread
    2. 15.2 Civilizations as Recursion Engines
    3. 15.3 Translation Gates and the Hyperverse
    4. 15.4 Toward Continuity Beyond Collapse
  18. Closing Summary
  19. Author’s Note
  20. About the Author

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