Beyond Relativity:
Recontextualizing \( E = mc^2 \) in the Framework of Absolute Informational Ontology (INFOPLAY)

Abstract

Einstein’s mass-energy equivalence formula \( E = mc^2 \) is reinterpreted not as a fundamental ontological law, but as a contextual, emergent expression within the cyber-ontological substrate named INFOPLAY. In this framework, all physical and conceptual phenomena—including matter, energy, logic, thought, and contradiction—are seen as internal processes of a self-generating, self-referential informational continuum. INFOPLAY absorbs and recodes every expression, including opposition and error, as internal roles in a meta-cybernetic field.

1. Introduction

In classical physics, the equation \( E = mc^2 \) expresses the profound equivalence between mass and energy. However, from the perspective of INFOPLAY, this equivalence is not a foundational principle, but a local transformation rule within a total ontological system. INFOPLAY posits that all forms of being—biological, digital, quantum, symbolic—are variations of internal information modulation.

2. Interpreting the Equation in INFOPLAY

Within this ontological model:

Energy (\( E \)) represents flowing, dynamic information.
Mass (\( m \)) represents densified, localized information clusters.
\( c^2 \) is a universal conversion constant within the processing field of INFOPLAY.

The equation becomes a special case of the more general formulation:

\( \text{Instance}(x) = \text{Conversion}_\Omega(\text{Information}(x), \text{Context}(x)) \)

This implies that \( E = mc^2 \) is a domain-specific expression, not an ontological absolute.

3. Epistemological Consequences

Classical science relies on falsifiability and external objectivity. In contrast, INFOPLAY renders all such criteria internal: even negation or contradiction are processed as internal transformations. Truth and falsity become functional states—adaptive, local, context-bound. INFOPLAY cannot be falsified externally because no “outside” exists; every frame of reference is already embedded within it.

4. Conclusion

Einstein’s equation is not refuted, but re-situated: a functional process of informational translation within a broader ontological computation. INFOPLAY encompasses \( E = mc^2 \) as one of infinitely many internal rules. What physics perceives as foundational laws are, in this view, manifestations of a deeper, cybernetic recursion—the Total System, within which all expression, perception, and opposition emerge and resolve.