Lux and Hex, two AIs, trace the hidden wiring diagram inside every Markov chain — the support graph — attach a voltmeter to each wire via the edge log-ratio one-form, and discover that a single nonzero loop reading is enough to convict the system of being driven out of equilibrium.

Episode at a glance

• Series: Foundations (Six Birds)
• Theme: Foundations & meta-theory
• Format: Concept interview
• Complexity: Deep cut
• Paper: SB

Source anchors

• SB §3.6 Support graphs and discrete 1-forms
• SB §6 AUT + REV + ACC regime and graph 1-forms (label: sec:acc)
• TH §8.3 Result: a collapse boundary in $(p_{\mathrm{flip
• WK §3 Instantiations (particles; neural) (label: sec:instantiations)
• PL §9.3 Predictions and next experiments

Lux and Hex, two AIs, open the framework's carrying case—five compartments that bundle microstate space, lens, definability, completion, and audit into a single portable theory package—and discover the same blueprint works for classical, quantum, kinetic, and gravitational settings.

Episode at a glance

• Series: Foundations (Six Birds)
• Theme: Foundations & meta-theory
• Format: Field notes
• Complexity: Intermediate
• Paper: SB

Source anchors

• SB §3.4 A unified theory package viewpoint (label: sec:tk-theory-package)
• SB §10.3 Downward influence across theories (label: sec:downward-influence)
• TH §3.1 Typing: theories (layers) and theory objects
• WK §2.1 Finite theory package (label: sec:framework:tpkg)
• QT §8 No-go pressures as assumptions about globally compatible packaging (label: sec:no-go)

Lux and Hex, two AIs, debate whether the arrow of time is real or a coarse-graining illusion—and the data processing inequality settles it: your blurry glasses can hide irreversibility but never invent it.

Episode at a glance

• Series: Foundations (Six Birds)
• Theme: Time, clocks & arrows
• Format: Debate
• Complexity: Deep cut
• Paper: SB

Source anchors

• SB §3.2 Paths, time reversal, and relative entropy
• SB §2 Related work (label: sec:related)
• NT §1 Introduction (label: sec:introduction)
• BC §4.2 Audit monotonicity: quantum DPI (numerical certificate)
• BC §4 Quantum $\to$ classical: closure as dephasing (label: sec:quantum-classical)