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<p>Create biographical page for person listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists (web-verified; red-link batch 9)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox scientist<br /> | name = Efthimios Harokopos<br /> | fields = Engineering; philosophy of physics<br /> | alma_mater = State University of New York at Buffalo; Columbia University<br /> | known_for = &quot;Virtual Gravity&quot; hypothesis and digital cosmology<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Efthimios Harokopos&#039;&#039;&#039; is an engineer and independent researcher in the philosophy of physics known for his &quot;Virtual Gravity&quot; hypothesis and for his writing on a digital conception of reality. He is listed in &#039;&#039;[[The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==Background==<br /> Harokopos studied mechanical engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo and completed doctoral coursework in engineering at Columbia University. He has conducted independent research on the nature of reality and the impact of the digital revolution, and has run the Digital Cosmology blog.<br /> <br /> ==Ideas==<br /> In his paper &quot;Virtual Gravity and the Duality of Reality,&quot; Harokopos argues that if gravity has a &quot;virtual&quot; cause, then there exist two primary reference frames: a reality and a functional virtual reality, related by an equivalence principle. He proposes that a mathematical expression linking these frames can account for particle-wave duality and addresses questions about the speed of gravity. His work draws on a modern reworking of Cartesian occasionalism and treats reality as fundamentally digital. These views lie outside the accepted scientific mainstream.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://philpapers.org/rec/HARVGA PhilPapers: Virtual Gravity and the Duality of Reality]<br /> * [https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/1392/ PhilSci-Archive: Virtual Gravity and the Duality of Reality]<br /> * [https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/846 FQXi essay forum: &quot;A Functional Virtual Reality&quot;]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scientist|Harokopos Efthimios]]<br /> [[Category:Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]</div>

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