Let us take stock of the trilogy:
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Inflation and Entanglement
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In cosmology, inflation was introduced to reconcile the horizon, flatness, and monopole problems.
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In quantum theory, faster-than-light signalling appears to threaten causality.
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Both “solutions” invoke hidden mediation — a field or a signal — to enforce alignment that is already intrinsic in the system-as-potential.
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Dark Matter and Wavefunction Collapse
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Galactic rotation curves, gravitational lensing, and cosmic acceleration prompted the invention of dark matter and dark energy.
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Superpositions of quantum states prompted the invention of wavefunction collapse.
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Both cases posit hidden entities or processes to account for coherence that is actually built into the perspectival cut.
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Multiverse and Many-Worlds
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Fine-tuning of constants, inflationary patchwork, and the string landscape inspired the multiverse.
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Quantum superposition inspired many-worlds branching.
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Both introduce multiplicity — more universes, more branches — to enforce alignment that relational ontology already provides in a single potential actualised by construal.
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Seeing the Pattern
Across these cases, the same structural move recurs:
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Misread potential as literal history.
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Treat coherence as something external to the system.
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Invent an entity, process, or multiplicity to patch the apparent misalignment.
Relational ontology dissolves the need for all these patches. It reminds us that:
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System is structured potential. Coherence is intrinsic, not imposed.
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Instance is a perspectival cut. Actuality is given in the cut itself.
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Construal is constitutive. Reality is aligned, not mediated or multiplied.
Beyond Physics
What emerges from this trilogy is a meta-insight: the paradoxes and patches of physics are not isolated curiosities; they are symptoms of an ontological stance that conflates potential with history and construal with substance. Once we adopt a relational lens, the puzzles dissolve, and the cosmos — from galaxies to quantum events — is seen as a seamless architecture of alignment.
In this light, physics is not a record of hidden mechanisms or multiple universes, but a reflection of the ways in which construal shapes actuality. The cosmos is coherent, not because of invisible patches, but because coherence is built into the very act of actualising potential.
Physics’ Ontological Patches: Trilogy Summary
| Domain | Problem / Puzzle | Patch Introduced | Relational Dissolution |
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| Cosmology | Horizon, flatness, monopole | Inflation & inflaton field | Coherence is perspectival; uniformity, flatness, and absence of relics arise from the cut of potential, not a field. |
| Quantum | Faster-than-light correlations | Hidden signals / nonlocality | Entanglement is systemic alignment; correlation does not require transmission. |
| Cosmology | Galactic rotation, lensing, cosmic acceleration | Dark matter & dark energy | Apparent “missing” mass/energy is a misconstrual; alignment is intrinsic to the instance. |
| Quantum | Wavefunction measurement | Collapse | Actualisation is the perspectival cut itself; no process is needed. |
| Cosmology | Fine-tuning, inflationary patches, string landscape | Multiverse | Multiplicity is unnecessary; constants and structures are actualised within a single construal. |
| Quantum | Quantum superposition | Many-worlds branching | Outcomes are cuts across potential; reality does not multiply to ensure coherence. |
Key Pattern Across Cases
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Potential misread as history → creates apparent misalignments.
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Coherence treated as external → demands a patch (field, process, multiplicity).
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Patch introduced → inflation, dark matter, collapse, multiverse, many-worlds.
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Relational insight → coherence and actuality arise in the cut; patches are unnecessary.
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