RETRACTED – See Author Note - Validation of Crawford’s Postulate: Quantum Collapse Dynamics

Updated Author Note – May 2025This paper represents an early attempt to model quantum collapse within the EiG (Energy–information Gradient) framework. While the formulation was internally consistent, I have since identified key flaws in the simulation methodology—particularly in how photon dynamics were represented across discernibility gradients.As a result, the core conclusion of this manuscript is no longer considered valid. However, the process of developing and testing this model directly led to several foundational insights now informing an updated field theory of light, discernibility, and time - Now available here - https://osf.io/uwn2eI’ve chosen to leave this paper online as part of an open research process. Future readers should interpret it as an early step in an ongoing effort to model physical reality from first principles under the EiG framework.— Jason Crawford