Independent Theorist · Author · Filmmaker

Vijay
Shankar
Sharma.

CA  ·  MBA — Indian School of Business
ADP — The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Creator, Big Flare-Up Theory  ·  Creator, UNITE

A theorist building a unified account of reality — from the origin of the infinite universe, through the nature of consciousness and evolution, to the science of human emotion and the purpose of every evolved life. Six layers. One chain.

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Video · Audio Debates

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Hear the debate.

Two videos presenting the Big Flare-Up Theory. Six audio discussions covering every companion paper and every major cosmological tension — four structured LCDM vs BFUT debates plus two standalone audio explorations.

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Wonder, not Blunder
Einstein Blamed Self For a 'Blunder': Big Flare-Up Theory Proves it Wasn't
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Big Flare-Up Theory vs ΛCDM
20 Cosmology Tensions Resolved or Dissolved by BFUT
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⚫ Audio — 6 Recordings · All Papers Covered
LCDM vs BFUT · Debates & Explorations
Debate 1 · Papers 10–13
SZ Effect · Lyman-Alpha Forest · ISW Effect · Weak Lensing & S8 Tension
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Debate 2 · Papers 1, 2, 4, 5
Gravitational Sorting · Cosmological Constant · Bulk Flow · Spatial Infinitude
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Debate 3 · Papers 3, 6, 7, 7A
Lithium Problem · Vortex Black Holes · CMB Temperature · CMB Peaks & BAO
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Debate 4 · Papers 8, 9, 14, Main Paper
Cold Dark Universe · Cosmic Rotation · Spaticle Field · The Complete Theory
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Audio · 20 Problems BFUT Resolves
Why the Big Bang Is Impossible
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Audio · 28 Falsifiable Predictions
The Big Bang Cannot Make These Predictions
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About

A mind that works
across everything.

Vijay Shankar Sharma
Chartered Accountant
MBA — Indian School of Business
ADP — The Wharton School
Creator, Big Flare-Up Theory
Creator, UNITE Framework
Independent Theorist · Author

Vijay Shankar Sharma is a Chartered Accountant, MBA from the Indian School of Business, and ADP from The Wharton School. His professional background spans finance, strategy and organisational leadership across three decades.

In parallel, he has spent the better part of a decade as an independent theorist — developing original frameworks that connect the structure of the universe to the structure of human emotion. His work begins from a single proved fact about the nature of matter and builds from it, layer by layer, toward a complete account of reality.

Every framework shares one standard: no assumptions of any kind. Only observable fact and logical derivation.

He is also a filmmaker, novelist, poet in Hindi, English, Urdu and Sanskrit, actor and screenwriter. His film Andh — Let's Play Blind is on YouTube. His novel Let's Play Blind is on Amazon.

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The Framework

Six layers.
One unbroken chain.

From the behaviour of the smallest particle to the purpose of every conscious life. Each layer derived from the previous. No separate assumptions. The chain is unbroken.

ONE PROVED FACT LAYER 1 Universe LAYER 2 Life LAYER 3 Evolution LAYER 4 Emotion LAYER 5 Soul LAYER 6 Purpose
Published
In preparation
The Foundation
Vijaya's Law

"Everything in the universe is alive and conscious, and every matter has a drive to perpetuate itself. Whenever things are stable in the universe at any scale, more evolved matter will manifest itself."

Meaning of "Perpetuate"

Perpetuate means continuing in its existing form, or continuing in another form by forming a coalition with other matter. As long as the resulting form survives and can perpetuate itself, the drive of the constituent matter is fulfilled.

Layer 1 of 6

The Big Flare-Up Theory —
Origin of the Universe

The Big Flare-Up Theory (BFUT) proposes that the universe is infinite and eternal. No Big Bang. No singularity. No dark energy. No dark matter. No expanding space. The cosmological constant Λ is the mathematical signature of spatial infinitude — and the measurable physical signature of the Spaticle field, the physical substrate of space itself.

The complete research programme is published: 14 companion papers plus the main paper, all open access on Zenodo. Together they constitute a complete alternative to Lambda-CDM across every major observational pillar.

Explore bigflareuptheory.com → All 16 Papers →
Research Papers — All Published
Main Paper — The Big Flare-Up Theory: Proving That Einstein Did Not Commit a Blunder
P1 — Gravitational Sorting as an Alternative Mechanism for the Hubble Relationship
P2 — The Physical Identity of the Cosmological Constant (Λ)
Published 2026 · 10.5281/zenodo.19242084 · Paper →
P3 — A Steady-State Nucleosynthesis Resolution of the Cosmological Lithium Problem
P4 — Observer Bulk Flow as an Alternative Explanation for Apparent Cosmic Acceleration
P5–P9 — No Boundary · Vortex Black Holes · CMB Temperature · CMB Peaks/BAO · Cold Dark Inevitable · Cosmic Rotation
All published 2026 · See all papers →
P10–P14 — SZ Effect · Lyman-Alpha Forest · ISW Effect · Weak Lensing/S8 · Spaticle Field
All published 2026 · See all papers →
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BFUT Research Results

Unbelievable Achievements of
The Big Flare-Up Theory

Twenty of the hardest unsolved problems in cosmology — resolved, dissolved or reframed. Every result is derived from the published research papers.

Resolved Dissolved Reframed Weakened
01 The Hubble Tension Resolved
02 The Cosmological Constant Problem Dissolved
03 The Coincidence Problem Dissolved
04 The Cosmological Lithium Problem Resolved
05 The Interpretive Uniqueness of Type Ia Acceleration Reframed
06 The Need for a Singular, Bounded Origin Dissolved
07 The Singularity Dependence of Extreme Gravitational Thinking Reframed
08 The Black Hole Information Paradox Weakened
09 The Claimed Uniqueness of the CMB Temperature Origin Reframed
10 The Claimed Uniqueness of CMB Acoustic Peaks and BAO Interpretation Reframed
11 The Horizon Problem Dissolved
12 The Flatness Problem Dissolved
13 Olbers’ Paradox Reframed
14 The Fragility of Pre-Big-Bang Imagination Resolved
15 The Under-Accounting of Large-Scale Rotational Hierarchy Resolved
16 The Interpretive Overconfidence Surrounding SZ as Relic Confirmation Reframed
17 The Interpretive Overconfidence Surrounding Gunn–Peterson Opacity Rise Reframed
18 The Late-Time ISW Inference Chain to Dark Energy Reframed
19 The S₈ Tension Reframed
20 The Deeper Conceptual Absence of a Substrate for Space-Time Resolved
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Falsifiable Predictions

28 Specific, Falsifiable
Predictions

Every prediction below is testable by observation. If any are falsified, BFUT requires revision. This is what makes it a scientific theory rather than a narrative.

01 Universal observer centrality
02 No cosmic edge will ever be found
03 No true preferred center will ever be found
04 No wraparound / closed-topology signature will be found
05 The age and extent of the observable universe will only be revised upward
06 The CMB temperature will remain ~2.725 K at all greater accessible depths
07 Mature galaxies and organized structures will continue to appear at greater observable distances
08 Large-scale cosmic-web architecture will continue recurring at greater depth
09 Larger coherent ordered structures will continue to be discovered
10 Angular-momentum organization will be found on increasingly larger scales
11 No universal preferred axis in galaxy orientations will be established
12 Gravity-only / BFUT-style simulations will reproduce major large-scale structure without dark sectors
13 Recession patterns will show directional anisotropy from distant viewpoints
14 The apparent acceleration signal should weaken or disappear after proper bulk-flow correction
15 The Hubble tension will persist rather than disappear
16 Independent future measurements will continue to yield lower H₀ values
17 Local and regional environment will continue to bias H₀ inference
18 Mixed inward and outward motions will continue to be found on all scales
19 The need for dark energy as a separate accelerating fluid will continue to weaken
20 The need for dark matter as currently conceived will continue to weaken
21 The cosmological constant (Λ) will behave as a stable physical substrate density, not an evolving dark-energy component
22 No convincing redshift evolution of Λ as a true dynamical fluid will emerge
23 CMB anisotropies will show residual correlation with star-formation tracers
24 Weak departures from exact statistical isotropy will persist in the CMB
25 The BAO feature will show mild environment dependence
26 The effective BAO scale will show subtle physical evolution
27 Lyman-alpha / Gunn–Peterson onset will not occur at one single universal redshift
28 Sightline-to-sightline absorption behavior will show stronger environmental dependence than standard models expect
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Layers 2 & 3 of 6

Consciousness &
Evolution by Conscious Choice

Layer 2 · The Nature of Life and Consciousness
Everything in the universe
is alive and conscious.
The perpetuation drive establishes that the universe is not populated by inert matter occasionally visited by life. The drive to persist and perpetuate is the defining property of matter itself. This layer redefines what life is from first principles.
In preparation
Layer 3 · Evolution by Conscious Choice
Evolution did not happen
by random mutation.
Organisms at every level make choices, and those choices — not random mutations — are the primary engine of evolutionary change. This does not contradict natural selection. It explains what natural selection selects from.
In preparation
Layer 4 of 6

The Unified Theory of Emotions —
UNITE

Every prior theory of emotion used emotions to explain emotions. UNITE breaks this circularity for the first time. Three variables — Effort, Gratitude/Blame, and Proximity — are not emotional states. The emotion emerges as the output. The formula makes a strong claim: there are zero exceptions.

The UNITE Formula — Emotion Score
Effort × Gratitude / Blame × Proximity = Emotion Score

It explains Stockholm Syndrome, clinical depression, why marriages cool, why motivation fails, and why the same high Effort produces love in one configuration and hatred in another.

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Books

Five books.
One formula.

Coming Soon Books available for purchase — launching soon
01
Foundation
The Atom of Emotions
The complete UNITE framework — three variables, the formula, the first mathematical derivation of every human emotion from non-emotional inputs.
02
Relationships
The Formula for Love and Pain
Why you love some people deeply and feel nothing for others. Why love turns to hate. The formula explains it all.
03
Leadership
The Leader Who Is Loved
Leadership is an emotion event. A precise diagnostic for every leader and team — derived from the formula.
04
Habits
One Habit of Happy & Effective People
The single habit that changes every other habit — a formula-level intervention in how you orient toward your own Effort.
05
Motivation
Mother of All Motivation
Why motivation fails — and the first formula that fixes it. Not a productivity trick. A derivation from first principles.
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Layers 5 & 6 of 6

Soul, God &
the Purpose of Every Life

Layer 5 · In Preparation
Redefining what is human life — what is Soul, what is God, what is intuition, what are our experiences with the unseen. A framework where every claim can be experienced directly, not merely believed.
Layer 6 · In Preparation
The purpose of every evolved life — including human life. A purpose that completes the circle: its conclusion leads directly back to Layer 1. Includes the Life Accounting System.
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