In the beginning was the bit. In the face of conflicting philosophical interpretations of how reality squares with quantum physics —

In the
Copenhagen interpretation, the outcome of an experiment is
only revealed when the quantum system interacts with a
macroscopic apparatus in the laboratory, which eliminates all
possibilities but one. The many-worlds interpretation insists
that all possible outcomes of an experiment actually occur in
as many parallel universes, but as we only occupy a single
branch of the hydra-headed multiverse, we experience only
one outcome. Or, if you prefer, there’s the guiding wave
interpretation, which assigns an undetectable “pilot wave” to
each particle to steer it along a perfectly determined path.
Altogether there are at least eight serious and reputable
interpretations of the theory, which implies that no single one
is convincing.

— a University of Vienna theoretical physicist thinks that the key may be, in essence, to consider bits of information to be the quintessential building blocks of physical reality; giving new meaning to the poetic notion that the world is as we see it subjectively? The essay describes how this paradigm accounts for fundamental quantum mechanical principles. New Scientist