{"slug":"school-it-from-bit-information-theoretic-ontology-john-wheeler","verification":{"valid":true,"entries":1,"head":"40d7709faf49751602d2c639c99048803d0432ac75e63abe1dc5ff65a08cd691"},"count":1,"sources":[{"id":"s1","type":"other","url":"https://philpapers.org/archive/WHEIPQ.pdf","title":"Information, Physics, Quantum: The Search for Links","quote":"It from bit symbolizes the idea that every item of the physical world has at bottom — at a very deep bottom, in most instances — an immaterial source and explanation; that what we call reality arises in the last analysis from the posing of yes-no questions and the registering of equipment-evoked responses; in short, that all things physical are information-theoretic in origin and this is a participatory universe.","summary":"Wheeler's 1989/1990 paper presenting the it-from-bit thesis and participatory universe.","claim_ids":["c1","c2","c3","c4"],"found_by":"grok/grok-4.3","extra":{},"accessed_at":"2026-07-09T18:52:05.959Z","link_status":"ok","quote_status":"unverified","prev":"genesis","hash":"40d7709faf49751602d2c639c99048803d0432ac75e63abe1dc5ff65a08cd691"}]}