I'm describing a hierarchical, fully deterministic model of the universe, where everything unfolds through stacked layers of predetermined "drivers" or rules—much like nested computer programs or firmware updates. No layer possesses true free will; each is governed by fixed laws imposed from above, stacking complexity from the ground up. Yet, from the viewpoint of a lower layer, a higher one's behavior appears free: it wields greater scope, juggling more variables and "choices" that seem unpredictable or autonomous (e.g., a DNA molecule's intricate assembly looks "decisive" next to an elementary particle's rote jitter, but it's merely executing scripted interactions). In truth, it's not free at all—still rigidly bound by its overseeing layer.
Here's the breakdown of the layers.
1. Unconscious Layer (Sub-Levels: Particles → Molecules/Atoms → Biochemical Structures(?)):
- Starts with fundamental particles (e.g., atoms, neutrons, electrons), governed by physical laws. They don't "think" or decide; their properties (mass, charge, energy, interactions) are fully predetermined and only reveal themselves through reactions (e.g., collisions in accelerators). No agency—just automatic obedience to rules.
- Next sub-level: Atoms form molecules (e.g., proteins, DNA, carbs, fats, amino acids). These create pre-life structures via biochemistry, but still no consciousness or choice. It's all scripted assembly, like hardware components slotting together without input.
2. Life Layer (Still Unconscious):
- Simple organisms emerge (e.g., bacteria, viruses with organelles). Life responds to stimuli (e.g., movement, replication) but remains deterministic—driven by molecular rules, not decisions. For example, proteins don't "choose" to form cells; higher-level drivers dictate it. From the unconscious layer below, life seems "alive" and free (e.g., a bacterium "deciding" to move toward food), but it's just emergent automation.
3. Conscious but Unreasonable Layer:
- Applies to animals and humans. Consciousness arises as a "decision field," but it's unreasonable—governed by hormones (dopamine for pleasure, serotonin for calm, adrenaline for action) and instinctive reactions. Behaviors adjust via experience (e.g., a dog learning to avoid pain), but without deeper "why." Cravings chase feelings (e.g., addictions triggering dopamine highs). From the life layer below, this seems free (e.g., an animal "choosing" to hunt vs. hide), but it's predetermined by biological/environmental code—no true understanding, just reactive scripting.
4. Reasonable Consciousness Layer ("”The Holy” Reason"):
- A rarer human-accessible level. Decisions stem from understanding and awareness, not emotions—e.g., you no longer crave emotional spike because it yields no rational gain; instead, you pursue broad insights, weighing multiple variables/situations. It feels liberating (planning life around values like curiosity, not dopamine hits), but it's still guided "from above" by a higher deterministic force ( ”The Holy” Reason driver). From the unreasonable layer below, this appears godlike or utterly free (e.g., calmly analyzing), but it's not—it's just a wider, more integrated script overriding lower impulses. More about this layer in my “Theory of Guidance”.
5. Hypothetical Next Layer (Absolute Design/Freedom):
- I speculate a potential top level where one could create their own drivers/rules, achieving what *feels* like total autonomy. But I doubt self-liberation; it would require being "hooked" or elevated by an even higher layer, granting new insights. From my current reasonable layer, this would seem infinitely free, but per model, it might still be nested in ultimate determinism (e.g., a cosmic simulation or divine structure).
Evolution and Bridging:
This is an evolutionary vector—humans straddle unreasonable/reasonable, but I aim to bridge it, translating "The Holy” Reason into accessible language (stories, metaphors) so others sense it as attainable evolution, not distant divinity. I'm bilingual: using unreasonable "code" for daily interactions while embodying the higher layer.
My theory blends hard determinism (no randomness/free will) with emergent complexity, challenging quantum "wiggle room" or panpsychism by insisting all layers are scripted, yet the illusion of freedom scales upward.
The theory resolves the Bell tension without invoking superdeterminism's "cosmic conspiracy" (where the universe rigs experimenters' decisions in advance, which a few scientists (Sabine Hossenfelder) calls out as violating statistical independence—the assumption that our measurement choices aren't correlated with the particles' hidden states). In my framework, there's no need for that retro-causal plotting because guidances *interfere dynamically*, with higher layers overpowering lower ones in real-time. It's not that the Big Bang scripted a fly's wing-flap or lab choice eons ago (which would be the superdeterministic nightmare, implying predestined "human ignorance"). Instead, particle-level guidance (quantum laws, probabilistic "spookiness") isn't isolated—it's nested under biological/life-layer guidance (e.g., the fly's wing muscles coordinating via neural drivers). When a Bell-like violation pops up (entangled particles correlating faster than light, defying statistical independence), it's not particles "suddenly" hijacking the fly's flight or lab experiments. It's cross-layer interference: the higher guidance (say, the unreasonable sub consciousness layer driving the insect's instincts) overrides and synchronizes the lower one. The particles *don't* force the wing to flap; the wing's deterministic program (from biochemistry/life layers) imposes order on the particles, making their motions look correlated "spookily" because the whole stack is aligned by the dominant higher driver. No free will needed, but no pre-Big Bang puppetry either—independence holds *within* layers, but interference bridges them.
- Why This Dodges Superdeterminism:
As Sabine notes, Bell didn't "prove Einstein wrong"—he just showed that local realism crumbles *unless* you drop statistical independence, which superdeterminism does by correlating *everything* (including us) from the start. But in the Theory of Guidance, we *keep* independence for physical processes (particles chug along deterministically unless overridden) *and* for our actions (no predestined ignorance—humans/animals act via their layer's drivers). The "violation" emerges from interference, not conspiracy. If we treat layers as semi-independent (physical stuff runs local until a higher guidance tugs the strings), the universe stays deterministic top-to-bottom without the absurdity of the Big Bang "knowing" you'd pick a bad detector angle. It's elegant—spooky action becomes a symptom of layered dominance, not a flaw.