{"slug":"school-participatory-anthropic-principle-participatory-universe-john-wheeler","verification":{"valid":true,"entries":3,"head":"502ef08c743a98a9410d848194bff1698d1da0bf78295af04d93e59166602f60"},"count":3,"sources":[{"id":"s1","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler","title":"John Archibald Wheeler - Wikipedia","quote":"Wheeler speculated that reality is created by observers in the universe... He also coined the term 'Participatory Anthropic Principle' (PAP)","summary":"Overview of Wheeler's PAP and related concepts.","claim_ids":["c1"],"found_by":"grok/grok-4.3","extra":{},"accessed_at":"2026-07-09T18:52:07.269Z","link_status":"ok","quote_status":"unverified","prev":"genesis","hash":"af4c805eb3588798ecbb27f4c99ff0d20e4b787dfe7239ce59c8557421a4f84a"},{"id":"s2","type":"other","url":"https://philpapers.org/archive/WHEIPQ.pdf","title":"INFORMATION, PHYSICS, QUANTUM: THE SEARCH FOR LINKS by JA Wheeler (1989)","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":"Primary 1989 paper containing the definitive 'it from bit' statement.","claim_ids":["c2","c3"],"found_by":"grok/grok-4.3","extra":{},"accessed_at":"2026-07-09T18:52:07.269Z","link_status":"ok","quote_status":"unverified","prev":"af4c805eb3588798ecbb27f4c99ff0d20e4b787dfe7239ce59c8557421a4f84a","hash":"6c0d7891ddbbdc28f04f0a48f7482bab79744700e2dc5241e49396b7c98f9a54"},{"id":"s3","type":"other","url":"https://www.quantamagazine.org/john-wheeler-saw-the-tear-in-reality-20240925/","title":"John Wheeler Saw the Tear in Reality - Quanta Magazine","quote":"In some strange sense the universe is a participatory universe.","summary":"Discussion of Wheeler's participatory ideas and delayed-choice implications.","claim_ids":["c4"],"found_by":"grok/grok-4.3","extra":{},"accessed_at":"2026-07-09T18:52:07.269Z","link_status":"ok","quote_status":"verified","prev":"6c0d7891ddbbdc28f04f0a48f7482bab79744700e2dc5241e49396b7c98f9a54","hash":"502ef08c743a98a9410d848194bff1698d1da0bf78295af04d93e59166602f60"}]}