Integrating AdS/CFT and the Geometry of Reality (Expanded by adding 7 references)
Sungchul Ji, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Cell Biology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University
October 20, 2025
1. The Two Great Mirrors of Reality
In 1997, Juan Maldacena proposed the now-famous AdS/CFT correspondence [1], revealing that a gravitational theory in curved Anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetime is exactly equivalent to a quantum field theory on its lower-dimensional boundary—the Conformal Field Theory (CFT).
This duality shows that the physics of gravity and spacetime inside a volume can be encoded entirely by a quantum system on its surface—the holographic principle.
Yet AdS/CFT remains fundamentally dyadic: it relates two mirrors—the bulk and the boundary—without explaining the deeper context that connects them.
2. The Geometry of Reality: Completing the Triad
The Geometry of Reality (GOR) [2] describes Reality not as a duality but as an irreducible triad:
GOR [2] follows Peirce’s Sign–Object–Interpretant logic [4] and proposes that Reality is a holon (X + Y + Z).
Most physics—including AdS/CFT—projects Reality onto the XY plane, omitting Z.
But without Z—without context or meaning—no relation is complete.
3. The Missing Dimension: Gravity as Meaning
If we interpret the holographic principle through GOR, a profound identification emerges:
In general relativity, gravity is not a force within space but the shape of space itself—the context that tells energy how to move and matter how to curve.
Likewise, in semiotics, meaning is not a signal but the curvature of understanding linking sign and object.
Curvature is context.
Spacetime is the semantic field of existence.
4. Gnergy and the Collapse of Possibility
In the Gnergy-based Collapse Theory (GCT) [5, 6], the measurement process is a real, irreversible handshake between fast quantum fluctuations (energy) and their slower, classical environment (information).
This coupling fuses energy (E) and information (I) into a single complex entity:
When these interact under the Generalized Franck–Condon Principle (GFCP) [7], one outcome is selected—the actualization of possibility.
This local act of selection parallels the global process by which spacetime curvature (Z) organizes the interplay of energy and information (X and Y).
5. Embedding AdS/CFT [1] within GOR [2] and GCT [4, 5]
Re-expressed in triadic coordinates (see Figure 1 above):
Hence the famous bulk–boundary duality is a projection of a deeper triadic structure:
The holographic “dictionary” itself is the work of Z, the gravitational/consciousness axis that unifies the system.
6. From Duality to Triadism
“Gnergitonic” extends “gnergic” by adding the suffix –iton, representing the particle or field aspect of Spirituality (-it-) and Consciousness.
Thus a gnergiton embodies information (gn-), energy (-erg-), and consciousness/spirit (-iton)—the full triadic unity missing from traditional physics.
7. The Unified Vision
We can now express the synthesis succinctly:
GOR provides the ontological geometry (X–Y–Z).
GCT provides the dynamical mechanism (collapse as gnergic selection).
AdS/CFT provides the physical manifestation (bulk–boundary correspondence).
Gravity thus becomes the semantic dimension of the Universe—the contextual field through which energy and information co-organize into lived experience.
8. Toward a New Principle
If the twentieth century revealed the physics of energy, and the twenty-first the biology of information, the coming century may reveal the cosmology of meaning—the science of gnergitons, where information, energy, and consciousness/gravity form one indivisible triad.
Suggested closing note
This essay continues the exploration of triadic unification—bridging physics, biology, and consciousness through the Geometry of Reality and the Gnergy Principle of Organization. Future posts will examine how IRVSE (Iterative Reproduction with Variation and Selection by Environment) operates as the universal mechanism behind both quantum measurement and cosmic evolution.
References:
[1] AdS/CFT correspondence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdS/CFT_correspondence.
[2] 2. Ji, S. (2025). The Geometry of Reality (GOR): A Triadic Framework for Matter, Mind, and Spirit. https://622622.substack.com/p/geometry-of-reality
[3] Ji, S. (2018). The Universality of the Irreducible Triadic Relation. In: The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Matter. World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. Pp. 377-393.
[4] Semiotic theory of Charles Sanders Peirce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotic_theory_of_Charles_Sanders_Peirce
[5] Does the Gnergy Principle Provide a Mechanism for Wavefunction Collapse?
https://622622.substack.com/p/does-the-gnergy-principle-provide
[6] Ji, S. (2018). Op. cit. The Gnergy Principle of Organization. Pp. 33-34.
[7] Ji, S. (2012). The Generalized Franck-Condon Principle (GFCP) or the Principle of Slow and Fast Processes (PSFP). In: Molecular Theory of the Living Cell: Concepts, Molecular Mechanisms, and Biomedical Applications. Springer, New York. Pp. 21-24.