The character to the right is an IGUS. Proposed by Murray Gell-Mann, an IGUS is an Information Gathering and Utilization System. It collapses quantum probability waves by "looking" at them. IGUSES create the universe by turning waves into particles.

IGUSES are creatures of information theory. These theories, along with theories of complexity are the metaphysics of physics.

Some theories say that information is as much a part of the universe as  matter or energy. They liken information to entropy and some pose a Law of Conservation of Information akin to Maxwell Laws of the Conservation of Energy.

Some information theories say that quantum particles, like electrons or protons, are pure information. Quantum attributes such as spin, momentum, etc. are descriptions with no physical characteristics that we could ever relate to.

Theories of complexity are sometimes invoked to explain how we got here - how life emerged and evolved.  According to these theories it was no accident that self-aware creatures evolved to ask questions about themselves and their world - although the fact that they are bipedal with skin instead of scales might be accidental.