Efthimios Harokopos
Efthimios Harokopos | |
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| Alma mater | State University of New York at Buffalo; Columbia University |
| Known for | "Virtual Gravity" hypothesis and digital cosmology |
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| Fields | Engineering; philosophy of physics |
Efthimios Harokopos is an engineer and independent researcher in the philosophy of physics known for his "Virtual Gravity" hypothesis and for his writing on a digital conception of reality. He is listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists.
Background
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.
Ideas
In his paper "Virtual Gravity and the Duality of Reality," Harokopos argues that if gravity has a "virtual" 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.