physics

The Universe as an Evolving Pattern: Buddhism, Quantum Randomness, and Consciousness

This post summarizes a thought experiment I developed through a conversation about Buddhism, consciousness, quantum mechanics, and the structure of the universe. It is not intended as a claim that Buddhism is physics, nor as an established scientific theory. Rather, it asks whether several ideas can be understood through a common conceptual model. 1. Could the universe be like Conway’s Game of Life? Conway’s Game of Life begins with remarkably simple local rules.