A Draft Theory of Discrete Photons
July 24, 2023

This is a draft-theory note about discrete photons, emergent probability-density fields, observer state, and entropy production.

The useful article is not a claim that the model is established. It is a list of the questions a physical model of this kind would have to answer.

Draft-theory noteOriginally posted 2023-07-24; expanded here around the model requirements.

Article focus: discrete photons, probability-density fields, observer state, entropy production, time, aging, and validation targets.

Related: Discrete Photon Reconnection Graphs

The Model Question

The proposed direction is a discrete-photon model where probability-density fields, observer state, and entropy production would emerge from a lower-level graph or event structure.

That is a theory-building target, not a finished theory. The model would have to define its primitive, update rule, conserved quantities, measurement story, and relationship to known quantum and relativistic behavior.

Time And Observer State

The original motivation was to ask why time has the ordinary direction it has: why tomorrow arrives, why records accumulate, and why biological systems age.

A useful physical model has to connect those questions to entropy production and observable state change, not only to a narrative about observers.

What Would Count

A stronger continuation would derive a measurable consequence: a constant, a limit, a simulation result, a known experiment recovered from the model, or a clear failure case. Without that, the idea remains a draft vocabulary.