Does the Universe Create Itself? John Wheeler's View of Reality
Why is reality exactly this way and not another? What factors determine that the universe operates under specific natural laws that allow for the existence of life? Is it possible that we could have changed something as fundamental as the Big Bang? These profound questions lead us to question our understanding of the cosmos and our place in it.
Physicist John Wheeler offered an innovative and radical perspective on these issues. According to Wheeler, human beings not only observe reality, but also actively create it. He proposed that our interaction with the universe is so significant that we shape it, influencing its structure to make it compatible with our existence. This idea, which he called the "participatory universe," suggests that reality is not something fixed and unchanging, but is, in part, the result of our active participation in it. This implies that we are not mere spectators in an indifferent cosmos, but that, in some way, we play a fundamental role in how the universe develops and manifests itself.