We propose a novel approach to quantum gravity starting from the assumption that onlythe present instant exists. The Present is interpreted through the lens of time-symmetric quantummechanics, holography, and entropic gravity. It is described as an ontological quantum memory thatupdates in discrete ticks and encodes entanglement in a relational, Wick-rotated Euclidean space.Building on a time-symmetric encoding via closed loop structures, we hypothesize that rest masscorresponds to information “hidden” through entanglement in time, and that gravity arises as a localsymmetry breaking of spatial entanglement that compensates this hidden information. From thisinformational asymmetry, we recover the Newtonian potential and weak-field gravitational timedilations as reductions of accessible entanglement degrees of freedom. We suggest experiments toprovide evidence for our proposal and distinguish it from conventional gravitational theories. Theframework is still kinematic and conceptual: it does not yet derive field equations, a collapsemechanism, or a quantum field description. We conclude highlighting limitations and a suggestinga concrete research program toward dynamics and connections with Einstein–Cartan theory.
Alessandro Capurso (Thu,) studied this question.