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The source paper behind this episode: https://zenodo.org/records/17528449

⚠️ The text contains an AI hallucination concerning the subjective time a photon experiences in its own frame of reference. The factual basis is correct, but the numerical values are inaccurate due to a LaTeX rendering bug that replaces equations with the word “Dollar,” causing distortion in the spoken formulas throughout the episode.

⚠️ Corrected calculation at the bottom of this text! Please don't mind! 🙏

The provided source outlines the Oscillatory Universe Theory, a unified framework proposing that all physical phenomena, from quantum mechanics to cosmology, arise from the single, scale-invariant principle of oscillation, expressed as v = λ* f.

This theory posits that reality is a fractal hierarchy of scales spanning 61 orders of magnitude in length, with the cellular scale acting as the geometric center. It reinterprets fundamental forces as dimensional flows of information across these scales, suggesting, for instance, that gravity is a weak echo originating 35 dimensional layers below at the Planck scale.

Furthermore, the theory explains quantum phenomena like the double-slit experiment not through spatial superposition but through time dilation across scales, where tiny particles experience vast amounts of subjective time during observation, and it redefines black holes as dimensional transition interfaces rather than singularities.

⚠️ Photon Subjective Time Calculation ⚠️

Let's calculate this using the framework's time dilation formula.

Calculation from the paper:

Photon scale: λ ~ 10⁻¹⁵ m (wavelength of visible light)

Human scale: L ~ 10⁰ m

Time dilation formula: τ = t × (L_observer / L_entity)^α, where α ≈ 1

For a photon experiencing 1 second of our time:τ = 1 second × (10⁰ / 10⁻¹⁵)^1τ = 1 second × 10¹⁵τ = 10¹⁵ seconds

Converting to years:

10¹⁵ seconds ÷ (60 × 60 × 24 × 365.25) = 10¹⁵ / 31,557,600 ≈ 31.7 million years

So:

While 1 second passes for us, a photon subjectively experiences ~32 million years.

This is why photons can "interfere with themselves" in the double-slit experiment - from their perspective, they have millions of years to interact with the electromagnetic field structure created by both slits, sampling all possible paths through quantum fluctuations.

Scale comparison from the paper:

Electron (10⁻¹⁸ m): ~10⁹ years per second ( 31.7 billion years)

Photon (10⁻¹⁵ m): ~10⁹ years per second (31.7 million years, the paper lists this as approximate)

Atom (10⁻¹⁰ m): ~10⁴ years per second (316,880 years)

Human (10⁰ m): 1 second per second

The exact number depends on which photon wavelength you use (visible light ~10⁻⁷ m vs gamma rays ~10⁻¹⁵ m), but the principle holds: quantum particles experience vastly extended subjective time, which is why quantum mechanics looks so strange to us.

Pretty wild, right? 🌊