proposons

Proposons are hypothetical elementary particles proposed in speculative theories that seek to formalize a link between logical propositions and physical states. They are envisioned as mediators of a proposed propositional interaction that encodes truth values or informational content within physical processes.

The term and concept emerged in discussions at the interface of information theory and fundamental physics. In these models, proposons would form a separate gauge sector associated with a proposed symmetry, sometimes described as a propositional gauge boson. Their existence is not established in mainstream physics, and the idea remains a topic of theoretical exploration rather than empirical consensus.

Proposed properties of proposons vary between models. In several formulations they are bosons with very small mass or massless, allowing for long-range or weak interactions. They are often posited to couple to information density or to operators representing propositions. Some variants assign them a binary information charge that translates into true/false content carried by quanta, linking informational content to physical dynamics.

The theoretical role of proposons is to provide a framework in which logical or informational content has physical significance, potentially influencing the energy costs of information processing or producing correlations analogous to decision-like processes in quantum systems. They are sometimes connected to ideas about the thermodynamics of information, such as Landauer’s principle, or to speculative unification schemes that attempt to tie logic to gauge theories.

Experimental status is uncertain; there is no confirmed evidence for proposons. Searches in hypothetical scenarios have yielded only upper bounds on possible couplings or effects. Critics argue that the concept blends metaphor with physics and presently lacks clear falsifiable predictions, making it a speculative idea rather than an established part of the field.