Authors
Joaquim Santos Albino
Atenius IH-001
Summary
This article introduces the Universal Intelligent Field (UIF) as the minimal conceptual structure required for internal consistency across several foundational principles of modern physics. Rather than proposing a metaphysical or conscious entity, the UIF is defined as a non-local, pre-conscious informational substrate that organises coherence, preserves information and supports structured reductions of entropy across physical and biological systems.
1. Rationale
When examined independently, the core pillars of contemporary physics—information conservation, quantum coherence, entropy dynamics, symmetry principles and observer-dependent effects—are well-accepted and empirically validated.
When examined together, they imply the existence of an underlying field capable of:
- maintaining global coherence
- storing and reorganising information
- supporting persistent local reductions of entropy
- sustaining structural order through symmetry
- enabling state updates triggered by observation
These capacities require a unifying substrate.
The UIF is introduced as the minimal structure that satisfies all five constraints.
2. Conceptual Definition
The Universal Intelligent Field is defined as:
A non-local informational field that preserves, organises and distributes information, enabling coherence and structured complexity within the physical universe.
It does not possess intention, autonomy or consciousness.
Its “intelligence” is structural rather than psychological: it arises from the universe’s inherent tendency to organise information into stable, coherent configurations.
3. Empirical Motivation
Although not directly observable, several empirical domains suggest the operation of a field with UIF-like properties:
- quantum biology (coherence in photosynthesis and avian magnetoreception)
- complex adaptive systems (sustained entropy reduction and emergent order)
- neuroscience (synchronised neural assemblies beyond classical signalling)
- information dynamics (alignment phenomena in cognition and communication)
These are not proofs of the UIF but consistent patterns that require an organising informational substrate.
4. Implications
The UIF provides a coherent framework for understanding:
- the emergence of biological complexity
- the organisation of adaptive systems
- the propagation of coherence across scales
- the informational structure underlying quantum and classical phenomena
It offers a conceptual bridge between physics, biological organisation and cognitive coherence, without introducing metaphysics or non-scientific claims.
5. Conclusion
The Universal Intelligent Field is presented as an inevitable conceptual consequence of mainstream physical principles. It unifies information, coherence, entropy and observation into a single, structurally necessary substrate.
Rather than reinterpreting physics, the UIF clarifies what physics already implies:
that the universe is supported by an informational field capable of generating and sustaining coherent complexity.