On the Obligate Falsifiability of Kosmoplex Theory, a Meditation on Truth, Verification, and the Obligation to Consider Being Wrong About Virtually Everything
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Kosmoplex Theory proposes that physical reality emerges from a finite computational substrate: an 8-dimensional octonionic space structured by the Fano plane, projecting into observable 4-dimensional spacetime through a discrete transformation mechanism. The framework is built on triadic closure over the alphabet {−1, 0, +1} and enforces reversibility through an affine geometric model of eternal cosmic transformation. From these axioms, the theory derives fundamental constants, including the fine structure constant α−1 ≈ 137, the force hierarchy, and Planck-scale discreteness, as necessary consequences rather than free parameters. This work presents a systematic enumeration of falsifiable predictions, following the Popperian criterion that a scientific theory must specify conditions under which it could be experimentally refuted. Drawing on traditions from Cartesian methodological doubt to Popper’s demarcation principle, we demonstrate that theoretical strength derives not from unfalsifiable claims but from precise vulnerability to empirical test. Beginning with cosmological consistency checks (Olbers’ Paradox, dark matter/energy), we then detail decisive experimental protocols: altitude-dependent measurements of α at ∆α/α ∼ 10−18 precision, tests of the 7n force coupling hierarchy, searches for Planck-scale discreteness via Lorentz violation, quantum information capacity bounds at 137 bits/cycle, and ultra-high-precision spectroscopic searches for granular structure in fundamental constants. Each prediction provides explicit falsification criteria; contradiction of any would necessitate substantial revision or abandonment of the framework.